Tacoma Police Use LoJack to Recover Lexus ES350 Stolen from Place of Business
- November 27, 2012
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On the morning November 11, 2012, the owner of a 2010 Lexus ES350 discovered her vehicle missing from in front of her business in the 5500 block of McKinley Avenue. She contacted the Tacoma Police Department to report the theft, and in the process, explained how two days earlier, she had discovered a set of keys to her car and business missing as well.
Tacoma Police verified the theft and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Lexus.
Minutes later, an officer with the Tacoma Police Department received the silent LoJack homing signal transmitting from the stolen Lexus on the Police Tracking Computer installed in his patrol car. Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack computer, the officer tracked the vehicle to the 2000 block of East Columbia Avenue. It was abandoned and did not appear to be damaged.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in this car in November of 2009 at Lexus of Tacoma in Fife, Washington.