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A man with the same name as a famous actor and former wrestler is accused of stealing a $40,000 piece of construction equipment.Dwayne D. Johnson, 46, of Milwaukee, was arrested and charged with two felonies.Brookfield police said they were called last Thursday to investigate the theft of a 2016 Caterpiller skid steer from a construction site.Investigators said they used the equipment's GPS and tracked it to a job site where another stolen skid steer was previously recovered.A witness told police he saw two men at the job site with the skid steer and heard them discuss selling it for $5,000.Police said they found a man who said he traded his fifth-wheel trailer and truck for the skid steer.Investigators said the VIN and plates on the skid steer had been changed.Officers said they traced Johnson's SUV, with license plates reading "#THROCK," to the property of the man who traded for the skid steer.According to a criminal complaint, Johnson told the man he bought the skid steer from his company for $7,000 and provided fraudulent sale papers and records.A detective said he saw a Facebook marketplace ad for a skid steer and contacted the seller.Johnson was arrested after agreeing to show the detective the skid steer he was selling, according to police.Investigators said Johnson was wearing a GPS monitoring device on his ankle because he is a registered sex offender.The Wisconsin Department of Corrections' sexual offender monitoring program provided investigators with the GPS coordinates of Johnson's device, which they said placed him in the area when the skid steer was stolen.Johnson told investigators a man sold him the skid steer for $3,000.He denied stealing the skid steer and changing the VIN and plates.Johnson was charged with unauthorized use of an entity's identifying information or documents and theft of movable property valued at more than $10,000.If convicted, he faces more than 10 years in prison.