LoJack® System Helps the Pennsylvania State Police Recover Stolen Nissan Sentra
- July 21, 2015
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2005 Nissan Sentra parked in a convenience store lot and entered the store without securing the vehicle. When the vehicle owners returned to the parking area, it was discovered that the Nissan had been stolen. The vehicle owner called 911 and a Pennsylvania State Trooper was dispatched to investigate the incident. The trooper quickly arrived on location, interviewed the vehicle owner and searched the area for the Nissan. When the Nissan could not be located, the trooper prepared a stolen vehicle report and arranged for the vehicle information to be entered into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Nissan.
Sometime later the Pennsylvania State Police became aware that a signal from a LoJack equipped stolen vehicle was being broadcast in the area of Route 202 in Delaware County. A check of the LoJack Code in the Pennsylvania State Police computer system revealed that the code was assigned to the stolen Nissan Sentra. Several marked and unmarked Pennsylvania State Police vehicles converged on the area and troopers observed two males walking away from a vehicle matching the description of the stolen Nissan. The males were stopped for investigation and the troopers turned their attention to the suspect vehicle. After examination of the vehicle identification number, the troopers determined that the vehicle being examined was in fact the Nissan stolen from the convenience store parking lot, however the Pennsylvania license plate assigned to the Nissan had been removed and replaced with license plate from the State of Delaware in an apparent attempt to shield the identity of the stolen vehicle.
The Pennsylvania State Police placed the two suspects in custody and transported same to Media State Police Barracks. The Nissan was confiscated for investigation and the stolen vehicle alarm was canceled in the police computer system, thus deactivating the LoJack signal.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2005 Nissan Sentra in December 2004 by Route One Nissan in Avenel, New Jersey.