LoJack System Helps Baltimore City Police Department Recover Stolen Bobcat S250
- July 17, 2017
- recovery stories
The owners of a 2005 Bobcat S250 contacted the Baltimore City Police Department to report that their skid steer was stolen from a job site in the area of 2800 E Hoffman Street in Baltimore City. Officers from the 3rd District were dispatched to the location and upon arrival made contact with the owner, obtained the information on the unit and searched the area without success for the unit. The Baltimore City PD verified the theft and entered the skid steer information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Bobcat S250.
A short while later officers from the Baltimore County Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Bobcat S250 with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in their patrol vehicles and helicopters. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the skid steer to the 3800 block North Point Road in the Dundalk area of Baltimore County. At that location, officers observed the Bobcat along with another skid steer. Patrol officers contacted detectives from the Regional Auto Theft Team to respond. Upon arrival, detectives made contact with the property owner who allowed entry to the property. After confirming that the LoJack equipped Bobcat S250 was on site they checked the Product Identification Number on the 2016 Bobcat S530 also on site. Detectives confirmed that this unit had also been reported stolen earlier that day from Baltimore City, in the 2600 N Calvert Street in the Northern District. Investigation found that a subject known to the detectives had sold both units to the property owner for $11,000.00. Charging documents will be obtained for the theft suspect. Both units recovered by police and returned to the owner.