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LoJack® System Helps Santa Cruz Police Department Recover Stolen Toyota Sequoia

  • March 31, 2017
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a 2004 Toyota Sequoia contacted the California Highway Patrol to report that their vehicle had been stolen from their residence in the unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County.  The victim stated the Toyota was possibly taken by a relative without permission, as a spare key was discovered to be missing.

The CHP verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Toyota.

A short time later, officers from the Santa Cruz Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Toyota with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) which are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft.  Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the stolen Toyota to a parking lot behind a business in the 500 block of Seabright Avenue, where they found the vehicle parked with a subject in the driver’s seat.  The subject, who was confirmed to be the relative of the owner, was taken into custody for the theft of the Toyota and also outstanding felony warrants.

The Toyota was recovered and released to the owner at the scene.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Toyota Sequoia in April 2009 at Mass Brothers Toyota in Moreno Valley, California.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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