MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two men are accused of stealing fuel from a Madera gas station on Monday morning.
Police were called to the business on Gateway Drive near Olive around 4 am.
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They found two men pumping diesel fuel into large plastic containers in the back of a box truck.
Officers say the suspects, Cesar Perez and Oscar Machado, had pumped more than $1,000 worth of gas for free.
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Both men were arrested on fraud and theft charges.