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Caught stealing tires off a skid steer, alleged thief invokes the Grinch, still gets arrested
An officer caught a man in the act of attempting to steal several skid steer loader tires. See how the thief tried to talk his way out of the situation on EW.
July 30, 2018
Business
Ten-year, $1 million construction theft ring busted in Memphis
Shelby County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s deputies recently busted a longstanding theft ring responsible for the loss of more than $1 million in equipment and materials from residential jobsites in and around Memphis over a 10-year period. Deputies said the Sheriff’s office had been aware of the theft ring for some time, telling WMAC TV 5 that […]
June 23, 2017
Roadbuilding
Man arrested for stealing road signs, rebar from Pennsylvania construction site
A Pennsylvania man is facing theft charges after he was caught with stolen road signs and rebar from a highway bridge project. Brian Pennington, 54, was allegedly seen by an officer at an area Salvation Army early Monday morning taking metal from a dumpster and putting it into his Chevrolet pickup truck. The officer approached the […]
August 12, 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
Business
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
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
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
Business
Construction worker’s detective work IDs jobsite bandit, recovers his company’s lost material
After a thief made his way onto Murfreesboro, Tennessee jobsite for an elementary school and then made off with between $6,000 and $8,000 worth of metal roofing, JWC Specialties project superintendent Jason Johnson decided to put in a bit of overtime. Telling WSMV TV that he knew reordering the materials would put he and coworkers […]
June 9, 2014
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