[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by jon1856

My jaw just dropped lower and lower as I read this following news story. I had heard some of the stories but it seems not all of them.

"As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen

It’s not just drive-offs — crooks targeting individual cars with siphons, drills"

"Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.
It took only a few seconds for the masked man to rip open the passenger door, jump in and point a gun at Julien, 52.
“I begged him not to shoot me,” Julien said. “I feared for my life. The whole time he had a gun pointed at me.”.........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779216/

In a way, it's comical that it's come to this. But, in reality, it's terrifying.