LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover a Stolen 2000 White Subaru Legacy Station Wagon
- October 16, 2014
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2000 White Subaru Legacy went to a local bar after work. After leaving the bar during the early hours of Sunday morning, the owner and his “friend” returned to his home. When the owner woke up later in the day, he discovered his “friend”, his keys, and his vehicle were missing. The owner contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office 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® Stolen Vehicle Recovery System concealed in the Subaru Legacy.
Later that evening, a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy picked up the silent LoJack® System homing signal from the stolen Legacy on their on-board LoJack® System Police Tracking Computer (PTC), which assists law enforcement officers to locate stolen vehicles quickly and safely. The deputy verified the theft information by having their dispatcher query the Reply Code that appeared on their PTC display. The dispatcher relayed the stolen vehicle’s description to the deputy so that they could identify the vehicle when they observed it. The deputy began tracking the stolen vehicle by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The deputy, along with backup, located the vehicle abandoned in a drive-in movie theater in the 3400 block of Lake Worth Road, in the Village of Palm Springs. The stolen Subaru was recovered. Prior to it being released to the owner, who responded to the scene, the vehicle was processed for fingerprint and DNA evidence and then removed from the federal and state crime computer systems.
The LoJack System was installed in the 2000 White Subaru Legacy station wagon in September, 1999.