UpdatedTue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:53 pm ET
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The Home Depot in Auburn along Route 20 was closed Tuesday afternoon due to a gas leak. (Google Maps)
AUBURN, MA The Home Depot store in Auburn was shut down Tuesday afternoon due to a natural gas leak, according to fire officials.
The Auburn Fire Department reported the leak around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. The building was evacuated after a liquified natural gas leak was discovered in the rear of the building, fire officials said.
The store would remain closed for the night, Auburn fire officials said. Around 6 p.m., firefighters initiated a controlled burn of the gas, which was expected to last until around 2 a.m.
During that sentencing, Woodcock referred to Reyes as the “ringleader” of the trio, explaining that he had covered the travel expenses and provided the false identities used in the fraud.
The third defendant, Mickey Augusto Mejia-Rosario, 24, has pleaded guilty to the same charge and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Prosecutors said the trio had sought to defraud the big-box chain stores by opening store credit card accounts using driver’s license information belonging to deceased people.
They were arrested in Auburn on Nov. 26, 2019, by local police after failing to make purchases at self-checkout stations at the Home Depot store on Mount Auburn Avenue using recently obtained store credit.