Riverside County Deputies Use LoJack to Recover Stolen Lincoln Welder
- October 13, 2012
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On September 13, 2012, the Hertz equipment manager in charge of a 2011 Lincoln CE Welder contacted the Riverside Police Department to report the construction equipment stolen from Sierra University in the city of Riverside.
Riverside Police verified the theft and entered the construction equipment’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the welder.
A short while later, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen welder on the Police Tracking Computers installed in their patrol vehicles. Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack computers, the deputies tracked the construction equipment to a commercial neighborhood in the 1300 block of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside. The welder was located inside an auto repair shop. The auto repair shop owner informed the deputies that an unknown man had brought the welder in for an oil change the day before. Company logos and markings had been removed from the equipment.
The Hertz equipment manager was very happy when Riverside County Sheriff’s contacted him to recover the Lincoln Welder, which was found undamaged. The Lincoln Welder was valued at approximately $13,000.00. San Bernardino/Riverside County Auto Theft Task Force is continuing the investigation.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the Lincoln Welder on November 28, 2011 at Hertz in Benicia, California.