LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover Stolen Ford Econoline E-250 van
- April 15, 2015
- recovery stories
An employee of the owner of a 2001 Ford Econoline E-250 van drove their company owned van home on a Thursday evening. The employee didn’t report for work on the next Monday, so the owner of the van contacted the Miramar Police Department to report their Ford stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime information computers.
Later that evening a Miami Gardens Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Econoline on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer began tracking the stolen Ford by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the Ford parked in the parking lot of a hotel near N.W. 12th Avenue and the Palmetto Expressway. Surveillance was established by the auto theft detectives of the Miami Gardens Police Department. Upon termination of the surveillance, the detectives inspected the Ford for towing. When they opened the doors to the rear compartment, they discovered the employee sleeping in the bed of the van. The employee was promptly arrested for grand theft auto. The van was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2001 Ford Econoline E-250 van in January 2001.