On the morning of March 5, 2012, the construction company renting two 2011 Miller welders reported them stolen to the University of Texas at Arlington Police Department. UT Arlington officers prepared a stolen equipment report and had the welders’ information entered into the state and federal crime computer systems. This routine police action automatically activated

On the morning of February 20, 2012, the manager of a local construction company contacted the Clayton Police Department to report that a 2008 Takeuchi TL-130 skid steer loader was stolen during the previous night from one of their job sites. Thankfully, the company had installed a LoJack Vehicle Recovery System in the loader when

On Wednesday morning, January 18, 2012, the operator of a 2000 Blue Freightliner tractor discovered the tractor missing from his storage yard. The owner of the equipment contacted the Medley Police Department to report their vehicle stolen. Upon arrival at the scene, the responding officer met with the owner of the equipment, who stated that

On Tuesday morning, January 3, 2012, the owner of a trucking company arrived at his storage yard and discovered that sometime during the previous night, someone had cut the lock on the chain of the yard’s gate and stolen two tractors. One was a 2003 Blue Freightliner tractor and the other a 2005 Blue Freightliner

On Monday morning, February 27, 2012, a construction worker arrived at his jobsite to discover that a rented 2002 Ingersoll Rand Bobcat Skid Steer had been stolen sometime over the weekend. The victim quickly contacted the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department to report the theft. After gathering the information necessary for the stolen vehicle report, Sacramento deputies

When the renters of a 2007 Takeuchi Mini Excavator returned to their construction site on the morning of February 16, 2012, they discovered that unknown suspects had stolen the equipment. They quickly contacted the Stockton Police Department and reported the theft. After gathering the pertinent information, Stockton Police had the information about the stolen excavator entered into the

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

On the morning of January 19, 2012, the owner of United Rentals in Lakeland, Florida, noticed that a Takeuchi Skid Steer was missing from their lot, where it was last seen the previous night. He immediately contacted the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to report the theft. After completing a stolen vehicle report, the Polk County officers had

On January 19, 2012, the foreman of a construction company discovered a 2010 Takeuchi TL-250 loader missing from his work site. He had reported the theft of the equipment’s keys a few days earlier. He immediately reported the equipment theft to the Baton Rouge Police Department. After gathering all of the pertinent information, the police

On the morning of February 1, 2012, workers arriving at job site in the 3600 block of W. Van Buren discovered a semi truck and flatbed trailer loaded with two stolen excavators. The victims contacted the Phoenix Police Department to report the crimes. The police entered information about the stolen equipment into the NCIC police computer —