LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover a Stolen Honda CBR600 Motorcycle

The owner of a 2008 Honda CBR600 motorcycle discovered their motorcycle missing. They contacted the Melbourne Police Department to report their motorcycle stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the motorcycle’s information entered into the state and federal crime information computers.

The next day, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Honda CBR600 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer, along with two other MDPD officers, began tracking the stolen motorcycle by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The officers changed direction a number of times as the motorcycle was “on the move.”

The officers located the motorcycle and rider in front of a house near S.W. 108th Avenue and S.W. 221st Street. The auto theft unit responded to the scene to continue the investigation. Further investigation revealed that the rider was driven to a storage facility in Hialeah to pick up the motorcycle and then rode it back to the house. The motorcycle rider was arrested for Grand Theft Auto and transported to MDPD-South district for further investigation. The motorcycle was recovered, 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 2008 Honda CBR600 motorcycle in July 2008 at Kissimmee Motorsports Inc. in Florida.