Police say two men have been
arrested for stealing cooking oil from eight businesses in Nassau County.
Police
say they caught Eduardo Gutierrez Benitez and Andres Felipe Duarte Pineda
stealing the oil from IHOP on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park on Wednesday.
The
pair is also accused of stealing oil from seven other business in Williston
Park, Garden City, New Hyde Park and Port Washington.
The oil can be reprocessed and sold on the black
market as renewable diesel or biodiesel fuel.