The Ohio State Auditor found that a City of Vermilion employee purchased fuel for personal use using city funds, totaling $4,714.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has requested that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigate inappropriate conduct by its fleet services manager.
A gunman who killed 22 people in April in Nova Scotia was driving a replica police car during the shooting event. He had purchased it at auction and outfitted it with a light bar and decals.
Several police impersonators in Colorado have been stopping drivers and asking why they are out. They were driving what looked to be unmarked cars, some with dashboard-mounted lights.
Vehicle owners and fleets in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, have faced a rash of catalytic converter thefts, with a government fleet among the victims.
The Lauderdale County, Miss., Sheriff has charged two county employees with fuel theft and expects to make more arrests.
The City of Charleston, S.C., police are investigating a case of potential embezzlement — an employee is suspected of using a fleet vehicle gas card for unauthorized purchases from June to October.
A former inventory specialist for the Washington County, Minn., is accused of stealing more than $6,000 in automotive parts and tools from the county.
A former St. James Parish (La.) transit mechanic is accused of purchasing $11,000 in automobile and boat parts using parish funds that did not fit parish-owned vehicles, a Louisiana investigative audit found.
A Frankfort (Ky.) Police Department officer has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of stealing about $27,000 in gasoline from the city over six years.