At approximately 8am in the morning on August 6, 2022 at 3771 N. Ocean Shore BLVD in Beverly Beach, deputies responded to the report of a subject operating a large piece of construction equipment and driving it on the sidewalk in Beverly Beach. When deputies arrived they stopped a transient male, Randy Lee Wealand, (Date of Birth-01/13/66), operating a JLG Lull alongside A1A. The investigation found, that Wealand entered a construction site and stole the $60,000 Lull and took it on a 2.5-mile trip south along A1A to Beverly Beach. Wealand drove the Lull over two fire hydrants, over a Charter Communications fiber node, resident mailboxes and broke several sections of public sidewalk. The damage Wealand caused is estimated at more than $10,000. “This career criminal decided to go on a joy ride with a large piece of construction equipment”, Sheriff Rick Staly said, “Wealand would have caused more damage if he was not stopped and apprehended by deputies. Another win for ‘see something, say something, so a special thank you to the citizens who called us and helped prevent this dirtbag from continuing his dangerous path of destruction.”