Article: LOSSES AMOUNT TO $ 1 BILLION A YEAR: Heavy equipment theft a growing problem in West Virginia, other states

Mike Zirkle, director of member services at the Contractors Association of West Virginia, knew there was a problem when the theft of heavy equipment became the topic at a recent contractors' meeting.

"There were about 20 of us sitting around and somebody told a story about equipment theft and everybody had a war story," Zirkle said. "That's when it dawned on us, we should have a seminar about this problem."

That seminar will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday in Conference Room 205 of the Civic Center. It is one of 53 seminars to be offered as part of the 28th Annual West Virginia Equipment, Technology & Design Exposition, which opens Wednesday.

Seminar presenters will be Sgt. Michael ...

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