Vandal Causes $400K in Damage at South Dakota Construction Site

Police in Sioux Falls, S.D., are looking for the vandal who damaged construction equipment to the tune of $400,000.

Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the vandal was able to turn on a backhoe and tipped over a pickup truck, a utility truck, a payloader and a second backhoe. Clemens says the cab and engine of the utility truck were destroyed.

Clemens says a resident called police around 12:30 a.m. on May 2 to report what sounded like construction equipment running. Clemens says the responding officer saw someone run down into a ditch, get into a car and drive away.

Clemens says police haven’t identified a suspect. He says police tried to track down the car using the license plate, but discovered it had been stolen from a dealership and returned some time later.