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Miami, Florida Police Recover Stolen Audi R8 in 22 Minutes Assisted by the LoJack® System

  • December 17, 2013
  • recovery stories
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The Boynton Beach, FL resident in this case asked an acquaintance to sell his Audi R8 for him. When no sale occurred, the owner requested the car be returned to him. His so-called ‘friend’ at first refused to give up the vehicle, and later demanded $10,000. Instead of paying, the victim reported the car stolen. Local police activated the R8’s LoJack® system and recovered it in less than a half hour.

On October 24th, 2013, the Audi’s owner contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies verified the theft, prepared a stolen vehicle report and theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically activated the LoJack device concealed in the R8, which was installed at Paul Miller Audi in Parsippany, NJ.

A few minutes later, a Miami PD officer picked up the homing signal from the stolen car on the LoJack tracking computer installed in his patrol vehicle. The officer, along with backup, located the Audi parked and abandoned on Southwest 2nd Avenue. The undamaged R8 was recovered and soon returned to its relieved owner.

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