Thief Absconds With Heavy Equipment in Broad Daylight

Thu August 13, 2015
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The South Strand News is reporting that police in South Carolina have produced a photo of a pickup truck they think may have been used in the theft.

At about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Georgetown Police Department released an image of an pickup truck that was towing a Bobcat Skid Steer as it traveled down a city street.

On Aug. 7, the GPD asked for the public’s help in locating the Bobcat, which is owned by the city and allegedly taken from a vacant lot near Bonds Street. In the latest update, police said the truck was spotted at about 7:17 on Aug. 6 leaving town on U.S. Route 521.

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