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Car reported stolen makes a familiar stop
Pam Pease called police about her missing Ford. An hour later, it pulled up to pump No. 7.
Associated Press
Published September 23, 2005
PENSACOLA - Employee Pam Pease was sweeping the parking area of a Parade gas station Tuesday night when she noticed a familiar car pull up to pump No. 7.
It was her blue 1994 Ford Escort.
She had reported it stolen less than an hour earlier.
Another employee, Vince Nguyen, approached the two men in the car, recognizing them as the same two who had asked him for a ride to Mississippi as he arrived at work. That was shortly before Pease noticed her car was missing.
Why had they returned? Nguyen asked. Because they needed gas, they replied.
Nguyen shut off the engine and offered the men water while other employees called 911.
Artemio Castillo, 49, and Ernesto Garcia, 41, jumped out and ran away but were caught nearby by Escambia County sheriff's deputies and a police dog.
They remained in the county jail Thursday on grand theft auto and resisting arrest charges.
Pease, 49, has her car back. "I'm glad it was low on gas," she said.
[Last modified September 23, 2005, 02:54:42]
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