WAUSAU, WI (WTAQ) – A Chippewa Falls man is apparently quite adept at driving off from gas stations without paying.
Police said the 34-year-old man altered his license plate number to try and avoid being caught.
But thanks to tips from the public and other law enforcement, Wausau Police found the man’s vehicle and took him to jail.
Prosecutors are being asked to charge the man for at least 8 gasoline drive-offs in the Wausau area — plus retail thefts while getting away in two vehicles.
The alleged license plate altering was reported in Chippewa County. No charges have been filed in the Wausau case, but a bond hearing is pending.
In the last year, online court records show that he was convicted in 2 retail theft cases in Marathon and Eau Claire counties — 2 counts of driving with a suspended license — and one for driving without auto insurance.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
