LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover Stolen 2000 Honda CR-V

The owner of a 2000 Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen sometime during the night. The police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Honda.

Later that afternoon while on routine patrol a Miami-Dade Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Honda on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC).  The officer began tracking the stolen Honda by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC screen. The officer, along with their backup, observed the Honda driving out of a driveway in the 1900 block of N.W. 68^th Terrace. The officers attempted to stop the Honda and it ultimately stopped in the 6800 block of N.W. 20^th Avenue where the suspect fled on foot. A perimeter was set up. The tracking officers observed the suspect jumping over fences in the area. They located the suspect and advised them to surrender. The suspect realized that there was nowhere to go and walked out to the officers with their hands up. The suspect was immediately arrested for grand theft auto and resisting arrest. The sport utility vehicle was recovered with ignition damage, 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 2000 Honda CR-V in March 2000 by Maroone Honda of Hollywood in Florida.

• Arrest
• Automobile
• Crime
• Criminal law
• crossover
• Florida
• Four-wheel drive
• Hollywood
• Honda
• Honda CR-V
• Honda Odyssey
• LoJack
• Maroone Honda
• Miami-Dade Police Department
• officer
• theft
• United States