When the construction crew arrived at their job site in Harris County on April 7, 2012, they discovered that their rented 2010 Melroe skid steer had been stolen sometime during the previous night. The crew immediately contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Department to report the theft. Harris County deputies completed a stolen vehicle report and

On the evening of March 30, 2012, The Home Depot store in Union Township, NJ contacted the Union Police Department to report that one of their Ford Econoline E350s had been stolen.  The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the Ford’s information entered into the state and federal crime computer systems –

On Friday, March 16, 2012, the operator of a 2004 Ingersoll-Rand air compressor discovered the equipment missing from their job site. The owner of the equipment contacted the Plantation Police Department to report their equipment stolen. Upon arrival at the scene, the responding officer met with the owner, who stated that sometime between March 13

On Thursday, February 9, 2012, the owner of a 2008 Ford Econoline van contacted the Fort Myers Police Department to report their van stolen. Upon arrival at the scene, the responding officer met with the owner of the Econoline, who stated that a customer had rented the van for 75 minutes on February 2, 2012.

When a construction crew in Houston arrived for work early on the morning of March 14, 2012, they discovered their rented John Deere Backhoe missing and immediately filed a theft report with the Houston Police Department. After all the pertinent information was gathered, Houston Police entered the backhoe’s information into the state and national stolen

On Monday, March 19, 2012, Amtrak workers arrived at an Amtrak construction site located in the area of 34th and Girard in West Philadelphia. Upon inspecting the site, the workers discovered that a 1998 Ingersoll Rand Air Compressor was missing.       The construction foreman called Amtrak Police Headquarters, and an Amtrak officer was dispatched to

On March 19, 2012, Bay Cities Paving & Grading Construction Company reported to Oakland PD that their 2010 Caterpillar Skip Loader was stolen from a construction site in Oakland. Oakland officers prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the loader’s information entered into the state and federal crime databases. This routine police action automatically activated

On the morning of March 5, 2012, the construction company renting two 2011 Miller welders reported them stolen to the University of Texas at Arlington Police Department. UT Arlington officers prepared a stolen equipment report and had the welders’ information entered into the state and federal crime computer systems. This routine police action automatically activated

On the morning of February 20, 2012, the manager of a local construction company contacted the Clayton Police Department to report that a 2008 Takeuchi TL-130 skid steer loader was stolen during the previous night from one of their job sites. Thankfully, the company had installed a LoJack Vehicle Recovery System in the loader when

On February 14, 2012, the manager of Ryder Truck Leasing in Conyers contacted the local police department to report that a 2005 Freightliner truck had not been returned to the lot.  After completing a stolen vehicle report, the responding police officer had the Freighliner’s information entered into the state and federal crime computer databses. This routine