‘It was frustrating': Owner says construction equipment was stolen from job site in Miami

A South Florida business owner says his demolition business took a hit when someone stole one of their machines off a job site Tony Stern the owner of Riteway Demolition based in Fort Lauderdale says they finished tearing down apartments on Northwest th Street and rd Avenue in Miami on Saturday When they went to pick up their equipment on Monday one of their machines was gone It was frustrating we work very hard we didn t come from a family of money we busted our butts to get to where we are and to have somebody steal from us it hurts Stern commented Stern s daughter Brittany went to police to file a record She says police gave them screenshots from a nearby camera that exhibited someone in a white truck driving off with their TL R Track Loader I have jobs I need it on right now Stern disclosed It reliably hurts because I paid for that machine I put an engine for that machine so that machine is and we need it on this job and if I don t have it on this job I m going to have to rent one Stern s daughter posted the photos on social media hoping someone would recognize the truck or see their machine but he says a scammer reached out instead Somebody tried to scam us and commented they had our machine in Lakeland and they desired money and they were going to drop the machine off somewhere Stern declared The Sterns say they won t let this setback slow them down but they do want their machine back It hurts the company it pays our bills it pays other families and it keeps food in people s mouths Stern revealed If you have our machine drop it off somewhere and notify the cops no questions requested Stern says they ve moved on to another job site in Broward County and they could really use their missing machine In the meantime they re going to take extra precautions moving forward Miami Police are probing