LoJack® System Helps Raleigh Police Department Recover Stolen Ford Mustang
- July 29, 2014
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2010 Ford Mustang contacted the Clayton Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from in front of their home. The vehicle had been left unlocked and a spare ignition key may have been found in the vehicle.
Clayton Police Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford.
A short while later officers from the Raleigh Police Department picked up the silent LoJack® homing signals from the stolen Ford with the LoJack® Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the vehicle to a residential neighborhood in the 2500 block of Baney Court off Cross Link Road, south of the Raleigh Beltline. The recovery location is approximately twenty miles from the victim’s home.
The vehicle was undamaged; however a desk top computer tower reported to have been in the vehicle was missing. The crime lab technician arrived on the recovery site, processed the vehicle for prints and the victim came to the location to take custody of the vehicle. The investigation continues.
The LoJack®System was installed in the Ford Mustang in June 2012.