The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the Henrico Division of Police worked together to apprehend the person responsible for thefts and damage to construction equipment valued at just over $1,000,000.

Rashad Muhammad, a 23-year-old black male from the 5700 block of Tivoli Circle in Henrico County, was apprehended late Monday night, July 13, while traveling in a stolen semi truck from Hanover County that was pulling a stolen trailer loaded with two pieces of construction equipment stolen from Henrico County.

Investigators also have linked Muhammad to 10 other incidents over the last several months where 23 pieces of equipment were either stolen or damaged beyond repair.

Muhammad is incarcerated in Henrico and is charged with eight counts of grand larceny and three counts of felony vandalism in Hanover County and three counts of grand larceny and three additional counts of felony vandalism in Henrico County.

Rashad Muhammad

“This case epitomizes the value in agencies working together to apprehend criminals who have no boundaries. I am very proud of the excellent police work done by the investigators in the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the Henrico Division of Police. Their efforts, I am sure, will give construction companies in the metro area some relief that an individual capable of so much destruction has been apprehended,” said Col. V. Stuart Cook, sheriff of Hanover County.