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Business

Burglars pose as construction workers to steal safe from California home

Police in a city near San Francisco are on the hunt for a group of men they say posed as construction workers in order to burglarize a home. Around 11:15 a.m. Monday, one of the suspects knocked on the door of an apartment building in Burlingame and told the resident that he needed to come […]

January 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ohio man accused of running equipment theft ring and selling the machines online pleads guilty to the latter

A man accused of running an equipment theft operation that sold its stolen goods on the Internet, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus only for transporting stolen equipment and scheming to sell it online. According to The Columbus Dispatch, Todd Allen Lamb was accused of running an operation where he had people steal backhoes, Mack trucks […]

October 25, 2013

Construction Equipment

Lured in by a great deal on a Bobcat, contractor is robbed at gunpoint

So here’s a perfect example of “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is.” In this case, it was the promise of a $5,000 Bobcat. According to a report from the Post-Tribune, an owner of a roofing company from Hobart, Indiana met his eventual attacker at a bar called the Tilted Kilt in nearby […]

October 18, 2013

Business

North Carolina paving contractor indicted for government contract fraud by using “disadvantaged business” as a pass through

Last week, a grand jury handed down a criminal indictment charging Boggs Paving Inc., based out of Monroe, North Carolina, with government contract fraud. The 29-count indictment charges the company and six co-conspirators with the following crimes: conspiracy to defraud the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT); conspiracy to commit wire fraud; conspiracy to commit mail […]

July 29, 2013

Construction Equipment

Man steals excavator, uses it to steal ATM

This brings a whole new meaning to “knocking over an ATM.” Police in Winston-Salem, North Carolina are on the hunt for a man accused of first stealing an excavator from a nearby construction site, and then using it to drive off with an entire ATM and its contents. According to WGHP Fox 8, police responded […]

April 10, 2013

Safety

Employee fatalities, willful violations now mean OSHA criminal referrals

OSHA has begun to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department in every case involving an employee fatality and a willful violation, Safety News Alert reported. These cases may or may not result in a criminal charge; that decision is made by a local United States attorney. In order for OSHA to convict an […]

January 9, 2013