A police officerâs suspicions stirred when he spotted a man operating a $40,000 Caterpillar backhoe on the shoulder of a Maryland highway Dec. 6 â prompting a traffic stop in which investigators learned that the driver allegedly had stolen that piece of equipment from a Newark construction site, according to court records.
Investigators identified the suspect as Joshua J. Parlier, 40, of the unit block of Green Meadow Drive near Elkton.
Elkton Police Department Cpl. Todd Finch was on routine patrol at approximately 10:45 p.m. Dec. 6 when he noticed Parlier driving the yellow backhoe on the westbound shoulder of Route 40 near the Whitehall Road intersection, police reported.