On October 4, 2012, the owner of a 2004 Melroe Bobcat contacted the Anaheim Police Department to report that his Bobcat had been stolen from a construction site in Anaheim.  Anaheim Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in

On October 5, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Case 580 Backhoe contacted the Houston Police Department to report that their vehicle 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 vehicle information into the state and federal crime

On the morning of October 2, 2012, the owner of a 2005 Caterpillar 303CR mini excavator arrived on a job site in the 8300 block of 10th Place SE in Lake Stevens, and discovered the excavator was missing. The equipment was last seen at 6:00 p.m. the previous evening. The company immediately contacted the Lake

On September 13, 2012, the Hertz equipment manager in charge of a 2011 Lincoln CE Welder contacted the Riverside Police Department to report the construction equipment stolen from Sierra University in the city of Riverside. Riverside Police verified the theft and entered the construction equipment’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically

On September 24, 2012, the owner of a 2005 Bobcat Skid Steer contacted the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Division to report that his equipment was stolen from a job site in the area of the 16605 Block of Devonshire Street.   LAPD officers verified the theft and entered the equipment’s information into the state

The manager of the equipment rental department of a home improvement store was conducting inventory and discovered that a rented 2012 Terek/AVS PT30 track loader had not been returned as promised. After numerous failed attempts to locate the person who rented the equipment, the manager called the Denham Springs Police Department to report it stolen.

On September 19, 2012, the owner of a Commercial Dealership and Rental Agency reported to the Bourne Police Department that a 2008 John Deere “Gator” was stolen from the area of the Bourne National Cemetery over the weekend. According to the owner, this piece of equipment was being used in a landscaping project at the

On August 31, 2012 the owner of a 2003 Chevrolet Express Van contacted the Kern County Sheriff’s Department to report that his vehicle had been stolen from his equipment storage yard. The Kern County Sheriff’s Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the

On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, a Philadelphia cab company discovered that one of their multi passenger vans was missing from the fleet in Northwest Philadelphia. Company supervisors called 911 and Philadelphia Police Radio dispatched an officer to investigate the incident. After verifying the theft, Philadelphia Police entered the vehicle information into the state and federal

On September 6, 2012, the owner of a 2008 Ford F-350 Flatbed contacted the Rowlette Police Department to report that the truck had been rented and never returned.  It was determined that the flatbed was rented with a fraudulent credit card.     Rowlette Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state