A local contractor was reunited with one of his stolen snowplow trucks Tuesday night after a viewer saw a 7 News Detroit report and recognized the vehicle.

Jeff Smythe, owner of Cement-It, had two plow trucks stolen Saturday night from a shopping plaza in Troy, just before crews were scheduled to clear snow after the first major snowfall of the season.

Less than 24 hours after the story aired, Josh Margolis spotted one of the stolen trucks and called it in to police.

"It just raised a flag in my head and I'm like I've never seen that vehicle before," Margolis said. "Saw it at one of my properties the day prior, didn't think much of it. Once I saw it on the news, I was like this is it. I went back and confirmed it."

Detroit police recovered the black Ford F-250 near Linwood Street and T

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