LoJack® System Helps Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Recover Stolen Jeep Cherokee
- February 11, 2015
- recovery stories
The owners of a 2015 Jeep Cherokee contacted the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Camarillo Station to report that their vehicle was stolen in a residential burglary.
The deputies verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Jeep. The detectives from the Camarillo station responded to the location to investigate the burglary. The detectives had patrol deputies deploy their LPR (license plate reader) in hopes of a speedy recovery.
A short time later, a Police Tracking Computer (PTC) picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Jeep, while traveling northbound on the 101 freeway. Patrol officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to assist with the tracking. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the Jeep was tracked to the area of Arndell Road and Ascot Place. The Jeep was parked in an alley way, behind a large trash container. Patrol deputies and detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department responded to the location to recover the Jeep. A suspect has been identified and the investigation is ongoing.
The Jeep was recovered and released to the owner.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Jeep in August 2014 at Rydell Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in San Fernando, California.