On October 26, 2012, the owner of a 2011 Ford F450 pickup truck contacted the Elizabeth Police Department to report that his vehicle had been stolen.  The vehicle was last seen on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, when the owner parked the vehicle at a hotel parking lot located on Spring Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

At a construction site in Dallas, a driver had temporarily left a 2008 Ford F450 pickup parked with the keys in the ignition. The bed of the pickup was loaded with a jackhammer, a generator, an air compressor, and other equipment.  When the driver returned to the pickup a short while later, he observed it