UCR Gas Drive Offs are categorized as which offenses depending on person contact?

• A. Theft if clerk is present; trespass otherwise
• B. Larceny if no visual contact with clerk; Fraud if interaction with clerk
• C. Fraud only
• D. Misdemeanor theft

Answer: (B)

Gas drive-offs are classified by whether the driver interacted with the clerk. If there is no visual or other direct contact with the clerk, the act is treated as larceny (theft) of services. If the driver has interaction with the clerk—such as the clerk recognizing the person or the driver deceiving or misrepresenting to obtain gas—the act involves deception to obtain property, so it is fraud. This distinction is what the correct answer reflects: larceny when there is no visual contact, fraud when there is interaction. Other options don’t align with how UCR categories code these offenses.