LoJack System Helps North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau Recover Stolen 2010 Ford Fusion
- June 16, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2010 Ford Fusion met two females through an on-line website and invited them to his residence. While the victim was indisposed, the two females obtained the keys to his Ford Fusion and left the residence in the vehicle without the owner’s knowledge. The victim contacted the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to report the Ford stolen.
The Guildford County SO verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford Fusion.
Minutes later, an inspector from the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Ford with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the inspector tracked the Ford to the parking lot of a school in the High Point area. The inspector detained the two females that were in the Ford until deputies with the Guilford County SO could arrive on scene. The two females, one being a juvenile, were turned over to the Guilford County SO for further investigation. It is believed that this incident may be related to similar cases in the Guilford County / Greensboro area with a possible connection to gang initiation activity. This case is pending further investigation.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Ford Fusion in July 2010 at Palmetto Ford Inc. in Charleston, South Carolina.