GMC Yukon Stolen from North Carolina Repair Shop, Recovered in Bar Parking Lot, Thanks to LoJack
- November 9, 2012
- recovery stories
On October 6, 2012, the owner of a GMC Yukon contacted the High Point Police Department to report that the vehicle was stolen from his automotive business. A key had been left in the GMC while the vehicle was being serviced. No suspect or witness was known at the time of the theft report.
High Point Police verified the theft and entered the GMC’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle.
A short while later, investigators from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles-License and Theft Bureau picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen GMC on the Police Tracking Computers installed in their patrol vehicles. Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack computers, the investigators tracked the vehicle to bar parking lot in the downtown area of Greensboro. A surveillance of the bar and parking lot was conducted in hopes someone would return to the vehicle. However, no one returned for the vehicle, and interviews with the bar staff failed to generate any information. The GMC was towed and stored until the owner could make arrangements to retrieve it.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the GMC Yukon in April of 1995 at Brickell Pontiac in Miami, Florida.