LoJack System Helps Orange County Sheriff’s Office Recover a Stolen 2002 Mercedes Benz S500
- August 3, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2002 Mercedes Benz S500 drove their car into a shopping center along Orange Blossom Trail to make a purchase. They left the keys in the Mercedes, the engine running and the doors unlocked. After making their purchase they returned to where they left their Mercedes and discovered it missing. They contacted the Orange County Sheriff’s Office to report their Mercedes 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, which automatically activates the LoJack® System concealed in the Mercedes Benz.
In the early hours of the next morning, while on routine patrol, an Orange County SO K-9 deputy picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen S500 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC), that are installed in law enforcement patrol vehicles, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The deputy began tracking the stolen vehicle by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The deputy, along with their backup, located the 4-door sedan abandoned in an apartment complex parking lot in the 2100 block of Buchanan Bay Circle. The Mercedes was unlocked and no keys were found. The Mercedes was recovered, removed from state and federal crime information computer systems by the entering agency and towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2002 Mercedes Benz S500 in November 2006 at Luxury Motors O’Hare in Franklin Park, Illinois.