Construction equipment vandalized

ATHOL - Nearly $150,000 in damage was done to equipment at a construction area for U.S. 95 work.

A representative with Scarsella Brothers Inc. told a Kootenai County Sheriff's deputy that a two Caterpillar wheel loaders were found vandalized Thursday morning in the 23000 block of Old Highway 95.

The KCSD report said that a 2000 Caterpillar was used to ram the rear of 1998 Caterpillar.

Damage to the 1998 Cat was estimated at $130,000, with the engine and radiator ruined.

The 2000 Cat's damage was estimated at $6,500.

The doors to the Caterpillars were left unlocked with the keys in the ignitions, the report said.