Crime & Safety
GPS Allows Police to Recover Stolen Landscaping Truck
Two men were charged Wednesday with taking off with the vehicle and a trailer full of equipment and tools.
Two men are accused Wednesday of stealing a landscaping truck and trailer that was parked in Bloomfield Township, according to a Hometown Life report.
Mark Alexander Washington, 18, of Highland Park, and Taurean Bruce Shipp, 24, of Eastpointe, were arrested and each charged with unlawful driving away of an auto, the report stated. They were held on $5,000 bond apiece, and their pretrial hearing is June 18, the report added.
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Washington and Shipp took off with a 2006 Dodge Ram and a trailer filled with landscaping equipment while workers were mowing a lawn near Lahser and Maple roads, the report stated. Along with tools, the trailer also contained a lawnmower that cost about $12,000, the report added.
The truck’s owner, however, was able to track the vehicle using a GPS device in the trailer, the report stated. Police picked up the two men and recovered the truck minutes after it was reported stolen, the report added.
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