$75,000 Skid Steer Stolen from Bloomfield Twp. Big Boy Site

Officials with the Bloomfield Township Police Department are asking for the public's help to try and determine who stole an expensive piece of construction equipment from the old Big Boy Restaurant site off of Telegraph Road.

A contractor working on the vacated site told police that his 2012 Bobcat 850 skid-steer was missing from the parking lot on the property when he arrived Monday, police reports said. Investigators determined that the motorized vehicle was moved from the location to the rear of the shopping strip next door at about 8 p.m. Saturday March 9. From there it was loaded onto a trailer that left the scene, reports said. 

The skid-steer, a motorized loader used for removing heavy items and debris, was valued at $75,000, reports said. Investigators said they do not how the perpetrator or perpetrators started the machine, but that most construction equipment is 'common' keyed.

The . The property is slated to become the new home of . It was unclear Thursday if the recent theft will delay construction, slated to end later this year.

Anyone with information is asked to call the department's investigations division at 248-433-7752.