On the morning of February 25, 2013 a construction crew arrived at their work site on IH-10 in San Antonio to discover a 2007 Melroe Skid Steer Front Loader missing. The foreman on the job immediately notified Sun State Rentals and filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. San Antonio Police verified

On July 22, 2012, the owner of a local construction company contacted the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department to report that a John Deere Front Loader had been stolen from his equipment storage facility in southeast Fresno. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle’s information into the state and federal crime