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Thieves Steal Over $10,000 in Tools from Santurce Construction Site

Published Oct 21, 2026, 4:10 PM ASTvia Telemundo PR

A theft was reported Wednesday morning at a construction site across from the softball park in the Villa Kennedy community in Santurce, San Juan. According to the Police, an employee of Dynamics Ferrous Concrete Manufacture (DFM Contractors), the company in charge of the construction work, discovered that someone had damaged the padlock and front door of a trailer used as a storage shed to get inside.

Once inside, the person took various construction tools, including a Ryobi angle grinder, two Makita hand circular saws, and two Makita drills with batteries. The thief also took a Miller Multimatic 220 welding machine, a Makita demolition hammer and a Makita mixing drill, along with other construction tools. The complainant valued the stolen property at $10,038.67.

Agents from the Technical Services Division went to the scene and took photographs as evidence. The Property Division of the Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) of San Juan is in charge of the investigation.

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SourceTelemundo PR

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