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Construction workers shot in jobsite attack in Nashville

As if the heights and heavy machinery didn’t make construction work dangerous enough, U.S. home builders apparently now have to contend with the threat of gunfire. Thursday brought yet another armed jobsite attack, this time in Nashville. According to a report from The Tennesseean, two men working on a home in the northern part of the city were approached by […]

February 26, 2015

In this still from a WZTV report, police officials are seen near a Nashville jobsite where a shooting occurred.

Construction workers’ butt-dial to boss rats them out for jobsite burglary

Two construction workers in Key West, Florida, have been arrested and charged with felony grand theft after stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools from one of their company’s jobsites. And cracking the case took very little detective work. According to a report from CBS Miami, Stacey Valenzuela, the owner of Concrete Solutions, received a phone call […]

February 25, 2015

Construction worker shot and killed in Houston jobsite robbery

Another construction jobsite robbery in Houston erupted in gunfire Tuesday, this time ending with the death of a worker. According to a report from KHOU TV, 19-year-old Frank Medrano was working alone inside an unfinished house when a man walked onto the jobsite and tried to rob him. Soon after, Medrano’s cousin, who was working on […]

February 19, 2015

A still from footage shot by KHOU shows the scene of the shooting.

Police bust heavy equipment theft ring responsible for $1.5 million in machines stolen from Indiana jobsites, dealers

An investigation involving three sheriff’s offices, a city police department and the FBI has busted two men for their connection to a theft ring responsible for the theft of $1.5 million in heavy equipment.

January 14, 2015

Some of the heavy equipment in the long list of machines recovered by law enforcement officials in the arrest of two men in connection to a large theft ring. Credit: Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office via ABC 6

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Narwhal tusk smuggling conspiracy lands New Jersey construction worker in prison for 33 months

A construction worker from New Jersey has been convicted and sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his role in a narwhal tusk smuggling operation. According to a report from the Bangor Daily News, in addition to his jail time, Andrew J. Zarauskas, 61, of Union, New Jersey, was also ordered to pay a fine […]

January 12, 2015

The giant tusks of Narwhals are seen while the whales breach in Arctic waters. Credit: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic/World Wildlife Foundation

Construction Equipment

Thief attempts surgical ATM robbery with backhoe before running over it instead

Beyond the selfishness and stupidity of actually attempting the crime, the video below mostly illustrates how darn near impossible it is to get money out of an ATM with sheer force alone. The surveillance video was shared by the York County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina which is investigating an attempted Bank of America ATM robbery […]

January 12, 2015

Backhoe ATM theft Lake Wylie York County South Carolina

Houston construction worker shot in another jobsite robbery

For the third time in the last few weeks a construction worker has been shot by armed robbers while on the job, this time in Houston. According to a report from ABC 13, two workers were working on a northeast Houston jobsite for the St. Andrews Ministry Center Wednesday morning when two men dressed in black approached them […]

January 9, 2015

In this still from ABC 13 video, the jobsite where one worker was shot in a Wednesday morning robbery is seen.

Worker hit in head by bullet as construction crew is targeted in drive-by shooting in St. Louis

A subcontractor on a parking lot project in St. Louis has pulled out of the job after a drive-by shooting targeted a construction crew earlier this week. According to a report from KMOV TV, four men fired about a dozen bullets from a car driving along 2nd Street targeting the construction workers. Thankfully no one was […]

January 2, 2015

Man in werewolf mask shoots construction worker, is still on the loose in California

Black Friday turned especially dark for one construction worker in Chino, California, when he was nearly killed by a masked man who shot him in the head. According to a report from KTLA, the worker was shot while working in the back of a check cashing store Friday morning as part of a renovation going […]

December 1, 2014

Thief takes his sweet time plundering Nebraska contractor’s equipment yard on multiple occasions

Law enforcement in Omaha, Nebraska, are searching for a man who stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment and materials from a contractor’s equipment yard earlier this year. According to a report from KETV, the thief made four trips to the yard between February and March. What he apparently didn’t know—or maybe he just didn’t care—was […]

November 24, 2014

Omaha construction thief

Construction worker stabs co-worker in altercation on Texas jobsite

Two construction workers in Tyler, Texas got into an argument last week that escalated into a stabbing. According to a report from KLTV, police responded to a disturbance call at a jobsite where a career and technology center is being built around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived they found a construction worker had been […]

October 29, 2014

Police respond to a jobsite in Tyler, Texas where a construction worker was stabbed. Credit: Screenshot of KLTV broadcast

Workers caught on tape firing assault rifle inside Orlando building they were demolishing

Orlando Police are investigating a demolition contractor hired by the city after footage surfaced of workers firing an assault rifle inside the building they were supposed to be demolishing. According to a report from WESH TV, a whistle blower sent in footage to Orlando city leaders showing a worker from Crusader Contracting firing an AR-15 […]

October 28, 2014

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