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Milwaukee Tick sticks to tools, equipment for quick locating via phone app
Milwaukee Tool’s TICK uses Bluetooth technology and a phone app to help you locate tools and equipment should they ever become lost or stolen. The plastic TICK can be placed on the tool or equipment out of sight by glue, screw, rivet or strap. The tools and equipment can then be tracked through the ONE-KEY […]
July 28, 2017
Roadbuilding
Highway workers recover family’s stolen heirlooms from ditch
Renee and Paul Bantista never thought they’d find the old jewelry box stolen from their home back in September. But the keen eye of an Illinois Department of Transportation worker reunited the couple with their lost treasures. According to the Herald & Review, the jewelry box was stolen while the couple was on vacation and a […]
March 15, 2016
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
Roadbuilding
Skid Steer stolen from I-81 bridge project
Work crews for New Enterprise Lime & Stone Co. were stunned when they arrived to a construction site on Interstate 81 near Wiles Barre, Pennsylvania recently. They had been working on a bridge project in Jenkins Township and had left a skid steer at the construction site overnight, according to WNEP. When they returned the […]
January 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Man steals Caterpillar excavator and other construction equipment
Police have arrested a man in Beaufort County, N.C., after he allegedly stole a Caterpillar excavator and other construction equipment from his employer. The thief, Herbert Lee Garriss, 46, has been charged with three counts of larceny. Authorities say Garriss stole a Caterpillar excavator, a Kawasaki Mule UTV (utility task vehicle) and a portable fuel tank from the […]
September 17, 2014
Construction Equipment
Equipment theft stats released
Light utility trucks, work trucks and trailers, backhoe loaders and wheel loaders were among the top machines stolen in 2011, according to a LoJack survey of equipment theft statistics in 21 states. Top theft targets were 5-year-old and newer equipment. At it’s local: in 95 percent of the cases, stolen equipment was recovered in the […]
June 21, 2012
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