On October 5, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Case 580 Backhoe contacted the Houston Police Department to report that the equipment was stolen sometime during the night from their construction site off of Clinton Drive in Houston, Texas. Houston Police verified the theft and entered the backhoe’s information into the state and federal crime

On October 9, 2012, the site-foreman at a construction job discovered that a towable 2008 Lincoln welder had been stolen from the job site. The foreman contacted the Wheat Ridge Police Department to report the vehicle missing. Wheat Ridge officers verified the theft and had the welder’s information entered into the state and federal law

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