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Bulldozer stolen in Mass. turns up in western Pa.

REHOBOTH, Mass.

A 14-ton bulldozer stolen from a home- construction site in Massachusetts has been found more than 500 miles away in western Pennsylvania.

Rehoboth police say the yellow 2006 Caterpillar D5 XL neighbors told officers was loaded onto a flatbed trailer and hauled off Sunday was found Wednesday at a home in Venango County, Pa.

Venango County is about halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie.

Police also arrested 42-year-old Christian Wilson of nearby Swansea in southeastern Massachusetts in connection with the bulldozer’s disappearance and held him on $10,000 bail pending arraignment Thursday.

Police tell The Sun Chronicle it wasn’t until the construction crew returned to the site Monday morning that they noticed the $85,000 bulldozer was missing.

Authorities say they plan to buy lockable gas caps.

Photo of gas theft from police car brings arrest

JENKINS, Ky.

There it was on Facebook for all to see — Michael Baker with a gas can, a siphon hose stuck into a police cruiser in eastern Kentucky and a middle finger raised.

Among those who saw it were Jenkins police, who arrested 20-year-old Baker on Monday and charged him with theft by unlawful taking.

Baker told WYMT-TV in Hazard there wasn’t much fuel in the car to siphon, and the stunt Friday was intended as a joke. Baker’s girlfriend took the photo and posted it.

Police didn’t laugh. Chief Allen Bormes says that if Baker would steal from police, he’d steal from “just about anybody.”

Phone call from ‘Baby’s momma’ helps nab suspect

BAY CITY, Mich.

Thanks to a ringing cellphone with an incoming call from “Baby’s momma,” police in Michigan say they were able to track down a suspected robber.

Investigators in Bay City said a cellphone was found on the ground of a convenience store after a break-in last September. When it rang, officers glanced at the odd caller ID and answered the phone.

The female caller said the phone belonged to Kyle Schmiege but had been stolen recently. But during their investigation, police linked Schmiege to a February 2011 home burglary.

He pleaded guilty to second-degree home invasion. MLive.com reported Wednesday that the 20-year-old Schmiege was sentenced to between 23 months and 15 years in prison, with credit for about four months served.

Bay City is about 115 miles northwest of Detroit.

Associated Press