By Brooke LewisSyracude News If you stop for pizza or a sub on Westcott Street in Syracuse, you may want to be careful where you park. If you park in the lot next to the Papa John’s to get a pizza from the restaurant, you are good. But don’t venture across the street to the […]
In the blink of an eye, a Sacramento County, California landscaper lost his tools and equipment and possibly his livelihood. Tyrin Foster had stepped away from his work site March 20 just before 6:00 p.m. when he says a thief swooped in and stole his trailer filled with landscaping tools. “Originally, I was pretty like, […]
Thieves simply cut through a gate, hooked up the trailer, and left Regional Municipality of Halton police say a trailer loaded with bathroom components was stolen on the evening of March 24, 2021 from a commercial parking lot in Oakville, Ontario. According to the police, sometime between Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25, someone […]
A nonprofit dog rescue in Detroit needs help after $20,000 trailer was stolen On Jan. 17, 2022, Director Judie Jones, director at Make a Difference Rescue on Detroit’s east side, reported that a surveillance video captured thieves driving away with the shelter’s trailer filled with cages and equipment for adoption events. “Being a rescue is […]
A Toronto councillor is calling for action to reduce the number of auto thefts in the city, including the creation of a dedicated police unit and increased information sharing across the region. “Auto theft has reached unprecedented and epidemic levels in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area,” Mike Colle said in a motion set to […]
Could have been prevented with California Immobilizer trailer security equipment The Weld County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado is trying to find out who stole around $200,000 worth of equipment from a location near Johnstown, Colo. earlier this week. According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to an oil and gas site in rural Weld […]
The theft of new, high-end vehicles happens every day. Here is a 2021 news story on the theft of Range Rovers in Canada. Theives are surprisingly cloning keys and simply driving off. This can be prevented with a quick-on, quick-off California Immobilizer wheel lock or wheel boot.
The distressing scenario could have been avoided had the family properly secured their trailer and truck with an immobilizer device. A British Columbia, Canada family was moving from Vancouver Island to their new home in Creston when their truck and cargo trailer was stolen in front of a Grand Forks hotel early Saturday morning, Jan. […]
Elkton, Maryland police say that thieves recently stole several large pieces of construction equipment worth almost $400,000. In all, 20 separate mega pieces were taken from worksites. Operating on tips and sightings in the area, police investigated to see if bulldozers, front end loaders and trailers stolen from storage and construction sites in New Jersey, […]
Erin dos Santos suffered twice: when her 1997 Honda Civic was stolen and when she received the recovery, towing and storage bill for her car. The Riverside, California, resident was charged $245 for the tow and $100 in storage. Santos—and the thousands of other Californians whose vehicles are stolen each year—could have avoided the inconvenience and […]