Tag: construction equipment theft

Business

Protect Your Equipment: Thanksgiving is Prime Time for Machine Thefts

The National Equipment Registers says that the holidays present a prime opportunity for equipment theft. Be prepared this season. Details on Equipment World.

November 25, 2020

Dealers

How to protect heavy equipment from theft during the holidays

As equipment thefts tend to increase in December and January because machinery is left unattended more frequently than other times of the year, the National Equipment Register (NER) has provided a few tips aimed at theft prevention. • Test to be sure that alarms and lighting are all operating properly. • If you are getting […]

December 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Mobile surveillance towers record jobsite intruders, then call the cops

While surveillance devices have been a presence at retail stores and on some homes for decades, with cameras getting smaller, smarter and cheaper, more contractors are taking advantage of multiple surveillance options on their jobsites. But as KPRC TV in Houston reports, a cottage industry is now popping up around mobile surveillance outposts can be […]

November 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Guy goes on drunken excavator joyride, knocks out cable and phone service

This story may not exactly be new news, but it’s a great example of mankind’s propensity (and reasoning) for doing dumb things and a great reminder to always immobilize heavy equipment left on a jobsite, or at least remove the keys. According to the Oswego Patch, police were dispatched just past midnight on August 21 […]

November 18, 2015

Business

Thief disguises himself as a worker, steals $10k in equipment from LA construction site

A thief’s brazen plan to rip off a construction site in Beverly Hills nearly went off without a hitch. One problem: the entire heist was caught on tape. According to a report from KABC TV, a man adorned some work clothes and slid on a safety vest before walking onto a jobsite at the Beverly […]

April 17, 2015

Construction Equipment

Thief takes wheel loader for destructive joyride through Kansas City neighborhood

After stealing the machine from a Kansas City, Missouri, jobsite, a man went on a joyride through the surrounding neighborhood racking up thousands of dollars in property damage along the way. According to a report from KCTV 5, the loader belonged to Britz Wrecking and was taken from the site around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Along […]

February 26, 2015

Dealers

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

Construction Equipment

Skid steers and John Deere machines most targeted among $300 million worth of heavy equipment stolen in 2013

Nearly $300 million worth of construction and other heavy equipment was stolen in 2013 with only 21 percent of it recovered, according to the latest theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the National Equipment Register. The majority of thefts occurred during the spring and summer months with August topping all other months […]

December 2, 2014

Construction Equipment

A drunk guy in New Jersey needed a ride home, so he borrowed a bulldozer, destroyed a park and hit a car in the process

A New Jersey man this weekend increased the number of incidents in the past few weeks involving drunk men operating heavy equipment in public places to the alarming rate of two. According to a report from The Jersey Journal, Christopher Russell, 30, was apprehended in Harrison on the night of November 14 while climbing out […]

November 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

Construction equipment thieves get a flat tire then get caught after calling a tow truck

If renting a truck to commit a crime isn’t dumb enough, two California men were arrested earlier this month after their being caught red-handed by a tow truck driver. According to a report from the Press-Enterprise, the two men rented a U-Haul truck and drove onto a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) jobsite at the Interstate […]

November 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

Shameless thief steals roller-compactor in broad daylight, makes for least exciting getaway ever filmed

The New York Police Department is searching for the bold thief you see in the video below after he strolled into a construction company’s equipment yard in the Bronx and drove off on a MultiQuip ride-on roller-compactor in the middle of the day. According to a report from the New York Post, the thief stole the machine […]

June 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator stolen in protest of Virginia group’s Confederate flag memorial

Typically, construction equipment is stolen for its resale value. But in the case of this missing excavator, it appears that it was stolen for what it was being used for, according to a report from NBC 12. The group Virginia Flaggers met considerable opposition when they announced plans to fly a large Confederate flag on […]

November 7, 2013