Two men driving in a Ford Escape down Hillside Road on Tuesday spotted the landscaping truck on the side of the road, police said. They pulled over, got out of the vehicle and purloined several expensive landscaping tools, police said.
The men stole two Red Max power mowers valued at $1,200 each, a $400 weed trimmer and an unknown tool valued at $200, police said.
After putting the tools in their car, the men escaped in their Ford on Congress Street toward the Merritt Parkway, police said.
The incident is under police investigation.
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