LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover A Stolen 2014 Honda Civic
- June 8, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2014 Honda Civic 4-door sedan had gone shopping. When they returned home they were not feeling well, so they took their purchases into the house, leaving the keys to the Honda in the console and the doors unlocked in their gated community. The next morning when they attempted to use the Honda, they discovered it missing. They contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to report their vehicle stolen. The responding deputy prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime information computers.
Shortly after activation, a Boynton Beach Police Department K-9 officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Civic on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer began tracking the stolen Honda by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The officer lost the signal as the Honda was rapidly exiting the city in a northerly direction. The BBPD officer “BOLO”ed (broadcast a Be On the Look Out) the Honda’s description to all of the neighboring jurisdictions. Moments later, deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office picked up the signal and began tracking it. The deputies observed the Honda and performed a “felony stop” on it in the 800 block of M Street in Lake Worth. The deputies arrested the occupants of the stolen Honda. One was arrested for Grand Theft Auto. The other occupant was arrested for trespass in a vehicle along with possession of illegal substances. The Honda was recovered, released to the owner, who responded to the scene, and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2014 Honda Civic in October 2014 at Ed Morse Honda North in Riviera Beach, Florida.