NYPD Recovers Stolen Cadillac CTS with Help from the LoJack® System
- February 4, 2014
- recovery stories
Removing the license plates from a stolen car is a method many thieves use to prevent getting caught. Although this action would be effective in deterring a visual search, it does not prevent recovery using the LoJack® system. When activated, LoJack sends a silent signal directly to law enforcement to help them locate the car quickly and safely, In this case, a Cadillac CTS stolen in the Bronx, NY is found despite being hidden in a parking lot and having its plates removed.
On January 9th, 2014, the Cadillac’s contacted the NYPD 47th Precinct in the Bronx to report that her vehicle was stolen from in front of her house. Officers at the scene took a written report. This information was then entered into the NYPD stolen auto computer and the NCIC computer, which is the stolen car alert for the United States. Once this was done, the LoJack device concealed in the CTS, which was installed at Movin On Sounds in Franklin Square, NY, was automatically activated.
A short while later, officers from the Staten Island Auto Larceny Unit picked up the homing signal from the stolen car on the LoJack tracking computers installed in their patrol vehicles. The officers located the Caddy in the visitor lot of a hospital in Staten Island, where it was parked and abandoned. After a brief surveillance, the CTS was retrieved and soon returned to its happy owner.
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