The LoJack® System Helps Assists Miami-Dade, Florida Police in Recovery of Stolen Ford F-250
- May 21, 2014
- recovery stories
The owners of a Ford F-250 parked their truck in front of their North Miami, FL home on a recent Tuesday night. It was quite an unpleasant surprise when they woke up Wednesday morning and saw that their pickup was gone. The LoJack® system that was installed when the F-250 was purchased helped local law enforcement recover it later that same day.
On May 13th, 2014, the Ford’s owner contacted the North Miami Police Department to report their vehicle stolen. The responding officer 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 transponder concealed in the F-250, which was installed at World Ford in Kendall, FL.
Later in the day, Miami-Dade PD officers picked up the silent homing signal from the stolen pickup on the LoJack tracking computers installed in their patrol vehicles. The truck’s signal led police to a warehouse on N.W. 75th Street. Upon entry, auto theft detectives discovered two additional stolen pickups as well as the Ford. Officers retrieved the F-250 and soon returned it to its thankful owner.
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