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

On April 13, 2012, an individual contacted the Colusa County Sheriff’s Department to report that unknown suspect(s) had stolen his 2003 John Deere Backhoe from his job site. Colusa County officers completed a stolen vehicle report and had the backhoe’s information entered into the California state and federal crime computers. This routine police action automatically