On the morning of February 26th , the owner of a construction company in Southwest Philadelphia arrived at his business to discover that it had been burglarized. The company owner reviewed surveillance video and discovered that an unknown male had cut a a hole in the fence that surrounded the storage yard and got into

On January 13th, a worker at a equipment rental store contacted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) to report that the store’s fence and gated storage yard had been broken into and some equipment was missing. A John Deere #326D Skid Steer, John Deere #318D Skid Steer, Bobcat S-175 Skid Steer were missing in addition to

During the late evening to early morning hours of November 4 – 5th, thieves broke into an equipment storage area at an equipment rental store. They cut cables and locks securing a two-axle equipment trailer and a Kubota BX25 tractor equipped with a backhoe and front-end loader. The theft was discovered by the store employees

On November 13th, the owner of a 2005 Case Backhoe returned to his work site in Farmington to discover that the backhoe had been stolen. The owner reported the theft to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) who completed a theft report. The backhoe’s information was entered into the California Stolen Vehicle System as well as

On October 11th, the owner of a Bobcat Skid Steer discovered the machine missing from a job site located at NE Hwy. 99 & NE 117th St near Vancouver. It was believed to have been stolen sometime over a three-day period from the construction site which had several pieces of heavy equipment. Investigation revealed the

A local paving company left their 2005 John Deere Mini-excavator at a construction site in New Britain on a Friday afternoon. They returned on Tuesday and the excavator was gone. After determining that it was stolen they notified the police. The New Britain Police Department were called and it was their routine entry of the

On Wednesday evening September 5th, the owner of a seafood company discovered that the gate to his warehouse had been compromised and the premises had been burglarized and their 2005 White Freightliner refrigerated box truck had been stolen. The owner notified the office manager, who contacted the Medley Police Department to report the stolen vehicle.

Just the other day I was on a train ride from Boston to New York on my way to a seminar. Along the way as I gazed out the window, I noticed several inactive construction sites with unmanned construction equipment and thought what an easy target for thieves those machines must be. Probably worth hundreds

On October 4th, the owner of a 2004 Melroe Bobcat contacted Anaheim Police Department to report his Bobcat had been stolen from a construction site in Anaheim. Anaheim Police verified the theft and entered the equipment’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. Later

The manager of the equipment rental department of a home improvement store was conducting inventory and discovered a track loader had not been returned as promised. After numerous attempts to locate the person who rented the piece of equipment the manager called the Denham Springs Police Department to report the track loader stolen. The Denham