LoJack® System Helps California Highway Patrol Air 21 and SACCATS Task Force Recover Stolen Toyota Camry
- October 7, 2015
- recovery stories
The owners of a 2015 Toyota Camry contacted the California Highway Patrol North Sacramento Office to report that their vehicle was stolen. The victim indicated she believed that her neighbor’s son came into her residence the day before and excused himself to use the restroom. The next morning the victim discovered her car had been stolen and the realized her extra set of keys were missing from her bedroom. She suspected the neighbor’s son may have taken the keys and the Toyota.
The CHP verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Toyota Camry.
Short while later flight officers in the CHP air unit Air 21 picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Toyota 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 Toyota to the area of Bismarck and Gillingham streets. The Toyota was parked unoccupied on the street and had been cold plated to disguise its stolen status. The auto theft task force was contacted and responded to set up surveillance in hopes of catching the thief. A few minutes later a suspect entered the Toyota and was immediately detained. After questioning it was determined he was the named suspect/neighbors’ son. He was arrested for auto theft and booked in the county jail. He is currently on probation for burglary and drug possession.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Toyota Camry in March 2015 by Roseville Toyota in California.