Video camera captures theft of diesel fuel

Published 9:10 am Friday, August 23, 2024

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Big Brother may be watching.

A Mocksville man found that out the hard way last week, when video surveillance cameras captured his image stealing diesel fuel from a local company.

David Edmund Barkley, 39, of Holman St., was charged with larceny, taken into custody in lieu of a $4,500 bond pending a Sept. 26 appearance in Davie District Court.

Davie Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brian Jacobs reported that officers responding to a larceny call from Liberty Sheds on Liberty Lifestyle Drive in Mocksville.

Investigators were told that approximately 30 gallons of diesel fuel had been taken, and a video camera captured the incident with Barkley in a white Dodge truck, he reported.