LoJack® System Helps DuPage County Police Department Recover Stolen Ford F350
- December 22, 2015
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2008 Ford F350 pickup truck contacted the Downers Grove Police Department to report that her vehicle was stolen from the driveway of her residence. She believed the vehicle had been taken with keys. The Downers Grove PD entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford.
The Ford was tracked by law enforcement agencies as it drove throughout the Chicagoland area. Early the next day a vehicle equipped with the LoJack Tracking Computer (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft picked up the signal from the stolen Ford. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC the stolen Ford was tracked to a condo complex in the 7900 block of Woodglen Drive in Darien, Illinois. The Ford was recovered undamaged and unoccupied on the scene. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department conducted an investigation on scene and was able to turn the Ford over to Downers Grove PD who towed the car for processing. The police investigation into this vehicle continues.
The owner of the Ford was returned their vehicle undamaged before it could be stripped or cloned.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Ford F350 in July 2007 at Joe Madden Ford Inc., in Downers Grove, Illinois.