On the afternoon of January 13, 2012, a 2008 Ford F-350 flatbed truck was stolen from the Home Depot Store in Mesa, California. Upon discovery of the theft, the store manager contacted the Mesa Police Department to report the crime. Mesa Police entered information about the stolen Ford into the state and federal crime databases.

On January 30, 2012, a woman went into a Home Depot store in North Richland Hills and rented a 2008 Ford F350 pickup using false identification. When the store discovered the fraud, they reported the theft to the North Richland Hills Police Department. After completing a stolen vehicle report, the officers had the vehicle information entered into

On the afternoon of January 27, 2012, a manager of the Home Depot in Grove City, OH discovered that one of the store’s rental vehicles had been stolen by fraudulent means two days after the rental transaction occurred. The manager quickly filed a theft report wiht the Grove City Police Department. After verifying the theft, the Grove City