A person stole an excavator from a Salt Lake City building web site and drove it to a grocery retailer, the place he tore up the parking zone, Utah police say.
Salt Lake City Police Department
A person drove a stolen excavator a mile to a Salt Lake City grocery retailer, the place he proceeded to tear out chunks of the parking zone, Utah police reported.
Officers had been notified at midday Saturday, Aug. 6, {that a} man was “randomly” digging up the parking zone in an excavator, police mentioned in a news launch.
A big crowd of bystanders prevented the person from fleeing and police took him into custody, the discharge mentioned.
He faces costs together with theft and felony mischief, police reported on Twitter.
Along with the pavement, the rampage additionally broken a water line and fiber optic traces, police mentioned.
Officers found the excavator had been left working at a building web site a few mile away, the discharge mentioned.
Construction employees adopted the stolen excavator to the grocery retailer parking zone. Police mentioned it’s not recognized why the person stole it.
