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

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 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 —

On Thursday morning, January 19, 2012, the victim returned to a job site in Stockton and discovered that unknown suspects had stolen a 2005 Melroe skid steer during the previous night. The victim contacted the Stockton Police Department to report the theft. The reporting officer prepared a stolen equipment report and had the stolen tractor’s information

On the afternoon of January 5, 2012, Riverside County Auto Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) Investigators picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from a 2001 Caterpillar Back-Hoe Loader, which had been entered as a stolen vehicle five minutes earlier by the Riverside Police Department. The investigators tracked the signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computers

From busting chop shops to getting the bad guys behind these crimes and their weapons off the streets, LoJack continues to be the most effective system for protecting construction equipment from today’s sophisticated professional thieves.  Top Construction Equipment Theft Recovery Stories of 2011:  #5. Thieves Leave Loader to “Cool Off,” but LoJack Found it “Hot”

After law enforcement was notified that a 2007 Multiquip Light Tower was stolen from its owner, they entered the theft into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computers.  This routine action automatically activated the LoJack System covertly installed on the Light Tower. Just 15 minutes after the Light Tower was reported stolen and entered into

When a construction company discovered that their rented 2005 Takeuchi tractor had been stolen, they immediately filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. After all the pertinent information was gathered, the police entered the equipment’s information into the National Crime Information Center computers, which automatically activated the LoJack System covertly installed on

When a construction company discovered that their rented 2005 Takeuchi tractor had been stolen, they immediately filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. After all the pertinent information was gathered, the police entered the equipment’s information into the National Crime Information Center computers, which automatically activated the LoJack System covertly installed on