A person was arrested in Salt Lake Metropolis for allegedly driving a stolen excavator a mile on metropolis streets after which utilizing it to dig a trench in entrance of a grocery store.
Police have been alerted shortly after midday Saturday of the unsanctioned digging, a division press launch mentioned.
Staff from the development website the place the machine had been stolen adopted it, and so they have been amongst a crowd that prevented the driving force from leaving earlier than police arrived.
The person dug a 15-yard trench in a grassy strip bounding the shop’s car parking zone, rupturing a water predominant and destroying fiber-optic cable buried there, after which started breaking apart the adjoining sidewalk, the police mentioned. No accidents or visitors accidents have been reported there or on route.
Police mentioned the excavator had been left working on the job website the place it was stolen, on the opposite aspect of Interstate 15 south of downtown Salt Lake Metropolis.
The person was arrested on suspicion of theft and prison mischief. No particulars of his identification have been launched.