Big Items Stolen in Two Tredyffrin Crimes

Tredyffrin Township Police are investigating two break-in theft cases that were reported within hours of each other Monday morning. In each case the stolen items are not exactly the kind of the things a thief could hide under a jacket or in a shopping bag.

In the first case police say a padlock had been cut on a parked box truck at a construction site on Old Eagle School Road in Wayne. The victim reported a “trench walker” machine was missing. Accoding to Tredyffrin Police "that type of machine removes debris from trenches before cable is laid and weighs between 100 and 125 pounds." 

The crime was reported Monday morning, June 25, at 7:15. Police have not yet put a value on the stolen machinery.

The second case was reported just after 8:30 a.m. Monday on Industrial Boulevard in Paoli. Police say several pieces of landscaping equipment were stolen from a locked equipment trailer. In this theft a padlock on the vehicle was also broken. The victim told police the break-in happened some time overnight.

According to Tredyffrin Police, the victim reported that this had happened to them before. The stolen items include: 5 Echo weed wackers, a Cub Cadet push mower, a new EXmark backpack blower, a Farm Boss chainsaw and a smaller pruning chainsaw. The value is still being determined.