Acura TL Stolen in Raleigh While Owners were Away; Police Recover Vehicle, Thanks to LoJack
- September 10, 2012
- recovery stories
On July 9, the owner of an Acura TL contacted the Raleigh Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from their apartment complex parking lot just northeast of the outer 540 Beltway in Raleigh. According to the owner, he and his wife had left their home and vehicle three days prior for a trip to Atlanta, and upon their return, discovered the vehicle missing.
Raleigh Police Department verified the theft and entered the Acura’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle.
A short while later, an officer from the Selma Police Department traveling into Raleigh to the Wake County Jail Complex picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen Acura on the Police Tracking Computers installed in their patrol vehicles. The Raleigh Police Department was notified of the LoJack track signal and dispatched officers to the area. Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack computers, the officers tracked the vehicle to a commercial business district off of Corporation Parkway.
The three days that the victim had been away had afforded the suspect(s) a window of opportunity to steal the Acura and dismantle the vehicle’s doors, trunk cover, and other interior parts before law enforcement knew the Acura had been stolen. This damage might have been averted had the victim taken advantage of the LoJack Early Warning notification. This service notifies the owner when the vehicle has been moved, and if this movement is unauthorized, then law enforcement is contacted.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the 2002 Acura TL in April of 2001 at the Tischer Acura/Nissan in Laurel, Maryland.