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Be careful what you steal.

It may have a tracking device.

A Mocksville man learned that last week after Davie sheriff’s investigators used that GPS tracker to locate him and a Kubota skid steer that had been reported stolen from a nearby construction site.

Zacharia Shade Shrewsbury, 25, of Oak Tree Drive,  was charged Sept. 24 with felony larceny and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He was taken into custody in lieu of a $10,000 bond, pending and Oct. 17 appearance in Davie District Court.

“The equipment (valued at $60,000) had a GPS tracking system on it, and deputies located it at 114 Oak Tree Drive,” Sheriff J.D. Hartman said. They also learned that it had been operated by Shrewsbury.