By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Two skimmers have been located on pumps at a north Salina travel center.
Officers were first sent to Flying J Travel Center, 2250 N. Ohio Street, on Friday for the report of a skimmer on a pump, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported Tuesday. Flying J had received an alarm on a pump, which also shut off the pump.
At approximately 1:40 p.m. on Friday, a white male with gray hair and a gray goatee, and wearing a black t-shirt went into Flying J and asked for the pump to be turned on. An employee told him that maintenance was looking at the pump to make sure no skimmers had been put on the pump, Forrester said. The man left without purchasing any fuel.
Maintenance did find a skimmer on that pump.
On Monday night, officers returned to Flying J for the report of another skimmer possibly being placed on another pump. An employee told officers, that an alarm from the pump went off at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday, Forrester said.
A gray tractor-trailor rig was at the pumps. When the employee went out to check the pump that had an alarm sounding, a Hispanic male hurried away and got into the tractor-trailer rig and left, despite requests from the employee to stop, Forrester said. When the pump was opened, officers located a skimmer inside.
Forrester said it is believed that there were no victims from the two skimmer attempts.