Officials investigating string of machinery and storage container thefts around eastern Idaho

IDAHO FALLS — Multiple section machinery and towing companies person been connected separator this period aft personification allegedly stole complete $73,500 worthy of instrumentality from them.

Mark Hinds, proprietor of Liberty Container Services successful Rigby, says he woke up connected July 11 to find a 40-foot ray grey shipping container, a skid steer, skid steer attachments, caller fencing panels, manus tools, and a instrumentality kit to move retention containers were gone.

Hinds estimates that betwixt $50,000 and $60,000 successful full spot was stolen from his company.

“It was stolen from my gait successful Rigby. The aforesaid nighttime that they stole from me, they stole from Titan Machinery successful Rexburg,” says Hinds. “Five days aft they stole from me, they went to James Hendrickson’s batch and stole a shipping instrumentality from his lot.”

Hinds’ stolen shipping container. | Mark Hinds

Hinds’ stolen skid steer. | Mark Hinds

Brock Leavitt, nan wide head astatine Titan Machinery successful Rexburg, says complete 100 gallons of substance were stolen, on pinch complete $7,000 of technician devices and different items.

“Theft conscionable irritates me, you know? Our technicians, they activity very difficult to do their jobs and they’re responsible to proviso their ain devices for nan mostly of their jobs,” says Leavitt. “So basically, it took nan livelihood retired of somebody. It conscionable drives maine nuts that group do that benignant of point and return advantage of businesses and people’s individual property.”

Leavitt says nan thief spent astir 2 hours connected his property, slow looking astatine devices and machinery earlier yet leaving.

“Up until now, I haven’t really paid that overmuch attraction erstwhile I’m driving by different places of business,” says Leavitt. “It benignant of puts you connected precocious alert aft thing for illustration this happens.”

James Hendrickson, nan erstwhile proprietor of Hendrickson’s Towing, tells EastIdahoNews.com nan fishy besides trespassed onto his spot and utilized Hendrickson’s forklift to bargain a 40-ft shipping container.

The thief besides stole a ladder and a shipping instrumentality chain. Hendrickson estimates that nan stolen items are worthy astatine slightest $7,000.

Hendrickson’s stolen shipping container. | James Hendrickson

“They spotted nan feline nan adjacent greeting successful Rexburg pinch my shipping container,” says Hendrickson.

Security footage from Liberty Container Services and Hendrickson’s spot show a achromatic Ford dually pickup hauling distant nan stolen items.

Suspect truck. | Courtesy photo

Suspect truck. | Courtesy photo

The Rexburg Police Department shared photos connected Facebook showing nan suspect, a man successful a acheronian colored garment and ray colored shorts.

Photo of nan fishy | Rexburg Police Department

Hinds and Hendrickson are offering a full reward of $2,000 for accusation that leads to nan find of nan stolen items.

If you person immoderate accusation astir nan theft successful Rigby, interaction dispatch astatine (208) 745-9210.

If you person immoderate accusation astir nan theft successful Rexburg, interaction nan Rexburg Police Department astatine (208) 359-3000 aliases Detective Wheeler astatine (208) 372-2262.

If you person immoderate accusation astir nan theft successful Idaho Falls, interaction dispatch astatine (208) 529-1200.