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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
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
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
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
Thieves steal same skid steer twice in Omaha, resilience lands them in jail
It was British writer William Edward Hickson who said, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” Recently a couple of equipment thieves took the advice to heart. According to a report from Fox 42 in Omaha, Nebraska, two men, Robert Black and Shane Benscoter, are accused of stealing a John Deere 323D skid […]
May 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
Burglars drive away with excavator, truck and trailer in quick construction equipment heist
It’s not quite a scene out of Ocean’s Eleven, but the burglars who recently drove away with an excavator, truck and trailer worth $250,000 were pretty bold to do it all during the evening—and in one moment, in sight of the police. According to a report from WABC TV in New York City, the thieves arrived […]
April 2, 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
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
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