UT - Man arrested for stealing excavator and digging up grocery store parking lot - 8/7/22

[Bishop Black]

Utah man arrested after stealing excavator, digging up grocery store parking lot in Salt Lake City: police

A Utah man stole an excavator from a construction site Saturday in Salt Lake City and drove it to a grocery store parking lot where he began to "randomly" dig, police said.

www.foxnews.com

A Utah man was arrested Saturday after authorities say he stole an excavator from a construction site and drove it a mile to a grocery store in Salt Lake City, where he used the machinery to rip up the parking lot.

The suspect was taken into custody without incident and was expected to be booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on charges of felony theft and felony criminal mischief, according to authorities. His name and age were withheld until the booking process was complete.

 

[shotgun09]

Sing it with me...
" They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot....."

First thing that came to my Boomer head.
But, seriously....dude?

 

[caradana]

Sing it with me...
" They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot....."

First thing that came to my Boomer head.
But, seriously....dude?

Ooooh fuh wap wap wap wap!!!

 

[Laughing]

Cut down the trees
put 'em in a tree museum,
Charge all the people
a dollar & a half just to see em!

Ooooh fuh wap wap wap wap!!!

 

[annemc2]

Sing it with me...
" They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot....."

First thing that came to my Boomer head.
But, seriously....dude?

Also popped right into this GenX head baahahaha!

 

[Laughing]

Also popped right into this GenX head baahahaha!

Likely the lovely 1995 Amy Grant version:

 

[Coppertop15]

It does kind of sound like fun...