Long Beach Police Use LoJack to Recover Audi Q7 Stolen from Dealership, 2nd Vehicle Recovered
- February 5, 2013
- recovery stories
On January 16, 2013, the car dealership owner of a 2013 Audi Q7 contacted the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department TRAP Unit to report that their vehicle was stolen by means of a fraudulent application at the dealership in Beverly Hills, California.
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Audi.
The next day, officers from the Long Beach Police Department picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen Audi on the Police Tracking Computers installed in their patrol vehicles. They tracked the signal to the Port of Long Beach. They then turned the investigation over to the US Customs officers. The officers tracked the signal to a stack of fifty shipping containers waiting to be loaded on a ship that afternoon. As the containers were moved, the officers located the signal coming from inside of the ninth container. Upon opening the container, they observed the stolen LoJack-equipped vehicle and another stolen 2013 BMW inside. The case is still under investigation by the Los Angeles County TRAP Unit.
On January 23, 2013, US Customs (FEAR) identified the 2013 BMW X5 and found it to be an unreported stolen leased vehicle. The vehicle was LoJack equipped and was installed at Crevier BMW.
The vehicles were recovered intact. The Audi is valued at $60,926 and the BMW valued at $85.000.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the 2013 Audi Q7 on November of 2012 at Audi Escondido in California.