Police Bust Youth For Filling Up Soda Bottles With Gas

OAK CREEK, WI — Oak Creek police responded to the 7300 block of S. 13th St. just after midnight on Aug. 12 on a report of suspicious activity.

According to police reports, an officer was flagged down by a concerned citizen advising that male suspest were filling up water bottles with gasoline - which is illegal.

Officers located the suspects in the 7300 block of S. 13th St. and upon investigation, found one of the people wearing a backpack containing a 2-liter Diet Coke bottle filled full with gasoline, another bottle filled three-quarters filled with gasoline, a full bottle of anti freeze, a five-dollar bill, three pairs of socks, a mini screw driver and a CO2 cartridge.

Another person was seen wearing a Stanley claw hammer in his waistband.

Both suspects were taken into custody and turned over to a parent, and ordered into court on Sep. 21.

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