31 Stolen Machines Recovered In S.c.

摘要

In April of 2008, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division - with significant resources from sheriff's offices in Georgetown County, Marion County and Dillon County, plus the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) - completed an equipment investigation that recovered 31 stolen machines worth a record $4 million.rnUnits included four Caterpillar 320 excavators, two Cat D6 dozers, two Cat 930G loaders, two Cat 730 off-road trucks, three Cat 420D backhoes, a Cat motor grader, Volvo L-70 loader, John Deere 310SG backhoe, Kubota KT37 and Komatsu PC27MR mini excavators, Ingersoll Rand roller, Kubota farm tractor, Monaco motor home, a Mack truck and numerous smaller machines and trailers. Most of the equipment was stolen in the Carolinas.rnThe case initiated because two suspects were in possession of stolen backhoes. To launder the units, each of them decided to swap his machines for the other's, not realizing that the other backhoe was also stolen. One suspect sold his backhoe to an unsuspecting buyer.