Tag: construction crime

Workforce

Houston construction crew robbed at gunpoint twice in one week

A construction crew in Houston recently told KHOU TV that they “feared for their lives,” after being robbed at gunpoint on two separate occasions within the span of one week. The first took place Nov. 22 when Jose Alfredo Gonzalez and several other workers were robbed by four men who “ran out of a grassy area” near […]

January 7, 2016

Workforce

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

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

For some reason, thieves stole a 1,300-pound traffic gate from a construction site in Green Bay

We’re not sure what the going rate for traffic gates is on the black market, but it must be enough for someone to go through the trouble of lifting the 1,300-pound object from a construction site. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that a thief or group of thieves used a forklift to steal the 22-foot-long gate […]

October 10, 2014

Business

Police bust crime ring’s year-long spree of construction site burglaries in Pennsylvania

Several police departments in southwestern Pennsylvania worked together in bringing down a crime ring that had been stealing materials and appliances from construction jobsites in the area for more than a year. Police arrested Charles Fey, 35; Dwanye Vargo, 35; Dennis Vargo, 37, and Darius Sheplar, 37, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. With […]

October 3, 2014

Workforce

Construction worker accused of stabbing supervisor after pay dispute in Brooklyn

New York City police say an argument over pay was likely the cause of a jobsite stabbing in Brooklyn Monday afternoon. According to a report from CBS New York, Andray Kumymar, 20, allegedly stabbed Yakov Pfeiffer, 30, following an argument the two men had. Workers said Kumymar was an electrician that had worked at the […]

September 23, 2014

Workforce

Truck driver hops out of his truck at road work zone, sucker punches construction worker

As if workers in road work zones didn’t have enough to worry about between speeding cars and inattentive drivers, the driver of a tanker truck was recently arrested for allegedly attacking a construction worker near Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a report from NewsMiner.com, 26-year-old truck driver Alan Osborn Baxter pulled up to the work zone, left […]

September 18, 2014

Workforce

Construction worker calls in fake bomb threat to Coast Guard to get off work early

A construction worker in Corpus Christi, Texas, is facing up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000 for calling in a fake bomb threat. The reason? He wanted to get out of work early. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 40-year-old Steve M. Gutierrez III, pleaded guilty […]

September 17, 2014

Workforce

Construction workers narrowly escape jobsite shootings in Michigan and NYC

As temperatures have soared on jobsites across the U.S., so too, apparently, have tempers. Nearly two weeks ago, a construction worker stabbed and killed his co-worker while they were renovating a department store in South Carolina. And now come two reports of jobsite shootings just weeks apart. First, in New York City, a worker on […]

August 26, 2014

Business

Jobsite shootout erupts in Texas when foreman returns fire from disgruntled construction worker

Police in Austin, Texas say a man recently fired from a construction project returned to the jobsite Wednesday and opened fire, sparking a shootout that left both he and the site foreman injured. The shooting occurred just before noon on Wednesday, according to a report from KXAN TV, and began when the disgruntled worker began […]

May 2, 2014

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