LoJack® System Helps Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Recover Stolen Chevy Z28 Camaro
- October 7, 2015
- recovery stories
The owners of a 2015 Chevrolet Z28 Camaro contacted the Roseville Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from their dealer lot. The Chevrolet was parked on the front row and was noticed missing during a weekly inventory. All keys were accounted for.
The Roseville PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Chevy Camaro.
The next day deputies from the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Auto Theft Task Force who had been actively searching for the Camaro, picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Camaro 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 deputies tracked the Camaro to the area of Kenneth and Madison Ave. With the assistance of marked units and Sheriff’s Aviation unit Star 6, the deputies tracked the signal into a residential area near Quail Oak and Dahboy Streets. The deputies observed a pickup truck towing an enclosed car trailer and determined the LoJack signal was coming from inside the trailer. The driver was contacted and confronted about the contents of the trailer. The driver admitted transporting the stolen Camaro and consented to opening the trailer. The deputies then verified the identity of the stolen Camaro. This Camaro was intact except for the punched ignition. Deputies also discovered two Camaro dashboards with air bags still attached in the bed of the pickup.
At this point members of the San Joaquin Delta Ratt Task Force and Sacramento County SACCAT Task Force were contacted and responded to the location. A plan was devised to obtain search warrants for two locations associated with the suspect. Service of these warrants have so far recovered 3 other stolen Camaro bodies, a stripped corvette, motors, transmissions and complete sheet metal packages for numerous other Camaros. Estimates so far indicate close to $850,000 in recovered parts and vehicles. The investigation is continuing.
The suspect was arrested and booked for auto theft and receiving stolen property.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Chevrolet Z28 Camaro in June 2015 at John L. Sullivan Chevrolet in Roseville, California.