The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of equipment from a construction trailer in northwest Saline County.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that sometime between 5 p.m. April 7 and 7 a.m. April 8, someone forced entry into a construction trailer belonging to Reece Construction that was parked in the 2200 block of North Reese Road. The company was doing bridge work in the area, he said.
According to Soldan, it appeared that someone had first tried to beat a hole in the trailer before cutting two locks. Damage was estimated at $410, he said.
Once inside, someone stole $9,925 worth of equipment, mostly hand tools and power hand tools, Soldan said. Items stolen included a number of Milwaukee and DeWalt power tools, he added.