Three Plead Guilty To Selling Stolen Cooking Oil To Tulsa Recycler

Three men have pleaded guilty to selling cooking oil stolen from restaurants in five states, including Kansas and Oklahoma.
   
Neal Robbins pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Springfield to money laundering. Virgil Bird pleaded guilty to the same charge last week. Both are from Joplin.

Federal prosecutors say the scheme involved stealing cooking oil to sell to a Tulsa recycling business.

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A third man, Brian Fleming, of Mountain Grove, Missouri admitted taking the oil to Oklahoma. He pleaded guilty in November.

Prosecutors say the three men trained and helped others steal the used cooking oil from restaurants. They were arrested as part of an undercover operation.

Sentencing dates for the three men have not been set.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.