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Construction Equipment
Brazen burglars bust barriers to boost bulldozer in broad daylight
A lot of heavy equipment thefts take place on open jobsites and sometimes because keys are left in the ignition. But when you’re dealing with experienced and determined criminals, not even taking all the necessary precautions to protect valuable machines can keep them from being stolen. That’s the lesson a trucking company in Lakeside, California learned […]
December 30, 2014
Construction Equipment
Burglars in Cleveland use stolen heavy equipment to smash into businesses
For the second time in the last two weeks, thieves in Cleveland have stolen heavy equipment from a construction site to smash their way into a local business. Early Monday morning, an excavator was used to rip into a market on the city’s East Side and last Tuesday a wheel loader was used to bring […]
May 20, 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
Less equipment is being stolen in the U.S., but getting your stuff back is still a big problem
The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual report yesterday showing a seven percent drop in heavy equipment thefts since last year and a 19 percent drop since 2008. But the real kick in the pants contained in this report—only 20 percent of this stolen equipment is ever recovered. The NICB co-produces the report with […]
October 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
Thieves use backhoe to smash ATM, but come up empty-handed
“We’ve had machines stolen before, but no one’s ever pulled off a bank heist with them.” That’s what a worker at the Trocom Construction Corp. equipment yard in Queens, New York told the New York Daily News after learning that thieves had broken into the yard, stolen a backhoe and then used it to smash an […]
August 1, 2013
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