Audi Q7 Stolen and Quickly Recovered in Washington Hotel Parking Lot by Officers Using LoJack

On the evening of May 14, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Audi MPV contacted the Tukwila Police department to report vehicle stolen. According to the owner, the vehicle was stolen sometime after 6:00PM on May 13 from where it was parked at a residence in the 13100 block of 48^th Avenue South. Tukwila officers verified the theft and entered the Audi’s identification number into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Audi.

Less than two hours later, a Mountlake Terrace Police Department officer received the Audi’s silent LoJack signal on the Police Tracking Computer installed in his patrol car.  Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack computer, the officer quickly tracked the vehicle to a hotel parking lot located in the 6000 block of 244^th Street SW in Mountlake Terrace. The Audi was abandoned and did not appear to be damaged.  It is valued at approximately $30,000.

The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in this Audi in December of 2006 when it was purchased new at Jack Daniels Motors in New Jersey.

• 2007 Audi
• 2007 Audi Q7
• abandoned
• Audi
• Audi Q7
• hotel parking lot
• Jack Daniels Motors
• Jack Daniels Motors Fairlawn NJ
• less than 2 hours
• May
• May 2012
• Mountlake Terrace
• Mountlake Terrace Police Department
• Mountlake Terrace WA
• no damage
• parked and abandoned
• Tukwila Police Department
• Tukwila WA
• undamaged
• WA
• Washington