The owners of a 2011 John Deere 310J Backhoe contacted the Butte County Sheriff’s Department to report that their backhoe was stolen. The backhoe was out on rent in the City of Chico and had been parked on the construction site overnight. The next morning the backhoe was missing. The Butte County SD verified the

On April 13, 2012, an individual contacted the Colusa County Sheriff’s Department to report that unknown suspect(s) had stolen his 2003 John Deere Backhoe from his job site. Colusa County officers completed a stolen vehicle report and had the backhoe’s information entered into the California state and federal crime computers. This routine police action automatically