On November 16, United Rentals contacted the Baytown Police Department to report that two 2012 Case 580N backhoes had been stolen from a truck stop parking lot on I-10 in East Baytown, where the driver had parked the truck tractor and trailer for the evening.        Baytown Police verified the theft and entered the equipment’s

On November 6, 2012, a farmer returned to his orchard and discovered suspects had stolen a Case forklift that he had rented from Hertz Equipment Rentals to complete his fall harvest. The farmer then contacted the Stanislaus Sheriffs Department, Patterson sub-station, to report the theft. The forklift information was entered into the California Stolen Vehicle

On Wednesday evening, August 22, 2012, employees of Sun Life Stadium observed subjects driving off in rental trucks towing two light towers. The employees followed the trucks and contacted the police, advising them of the crime in progress. A countywide “BOLO” was issued and the rental truck was stopped, the subjects arrested and the light

On the morning of June 18, 2012, Sunstate Rentals, the owner of a 2011 Melrose Bobcat Skip Loader S70 valued at $21,000, contacted the San Jose Police Department to report the equipment stolen from a job site in San Jose. After verifying the theft, San Jose officers had the equipment’s information entered into the state

On March 19, 2012, Bay Cities Paving & Grading Construction Company reported to Oakland PD that their 2010 Caterpillar Skip Loader was stolen from a construction site in Oakland. Oakland officers prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the loader’s information entered into the state and federal crime databases. This routine police action automatically activated

On February 19, 2012, a representative from United Rentals of Hayward contacted the Hayward Police Department to report the theft of a 2011 Toyota Forklift, which had been rented out a few weeks earlier. After gathering all pertinent information, Hayward Police entered the stolen forklift’s information into the state and federal crime databases. This routine police