COKATO, DASSEL, MN – A truck, trailer, and Bobcat were reported stolen from Excel Concrete in Cokato recently and remains under investigation by the sheriff’s departments of both Wright and Meeker counties.
Excel Concrete owner John Mattila reported May 19 that the following items went missing overnight: A 2002 black Ford Super Duty with a large contractor box full of cement finishing tools, along with a 2004 black Towmaster trailer.
A Bobcat, owned by Farm-Rite of Dassel, was also stolen with the trailer. According to the report, the Bobcat was dropped off at Farm-Rite by the suspect who then stole a different Bobcat.
There have been no arrests or recovery of property and anyone with information on this, should contact the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office tipline at (320) 693-5411 or Wright County Sheriff’s Office at (763) 682-1162.
We are way too trusting in rural Minnesota. If it isn’t locked up, chained up, or inside a locked building it seems that all personal property is open game for thieves. We lock our house when we even go into our garden, mow lawn or go for a walk. We had small statues stolen from our front yard at one time. So, even garden art it seems is fair game for thieves. The economy hasn’t improved around here so there are thieves looking for items to sell.
Why even lock your doors…how many burglars go up to a door and turn away because the door is locked?
A locked door is just a sign that no one is home. They will find a way in regardless.