The Home Depot store in Rome reported a theft to the Rome Police Department this week.  According to reports, equipment was reported stolen after a renter failed to return over $27,000 worth of merchandise.  The customer had rented a Kubota U17 mini excavator along with a trailer.  The renter failed to return the equipment on the scheduled day.  The value of the the excavator is $23,288 and the value of the trailer is $3,871.30.  There were no names of possible suspects mentioned in the report.