Rick D. Thompson, 63, was charged with theft, a Class 1 felony, on July 30, 2026, according to DeKalb County Court records. (Inset photo provided by DeKalb County Jail) (Shaw Local News Network)A man was charged after authorities alleged he stole more than $215,000 worth of equipment from a solar farm construction site in Kingston Township. Rick D. Thompson, 63, who is listed as homeless in DeKalb County court records, was charged with theft, a Class 1 felony. A construction site manager provided the Rockford Police Department and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office with the location of the AirTag: a room at the Town & County Motel in Rockford, court records show. On July 7, a group of 11 Schomburg & Schomburg construction workers stopped their jobs to help the five people seriously injured in a car crash near them.