LoJack System Helps Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Task Force Recover Stolen Chevrolet Camaro SS
- August 24, 2017
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The owner of a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS contacted the Santa Clara Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen. The Santa Clara PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Chevrolet Camaro.
Stolen Camaro SS Recovered – Second Time Stolen and Second Time Recovered
A short time later, investigators from the Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Task Force picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Chevrolet 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 Camaro to the area of the 1400 block of Linton Lane in San Leandro where they found the vehicle abandoned. Based on prior investigations and recoveries, it is believed the suspects parked the stolen Camaro at this location to determine if the police would find it and when several hours had passed, they would return to take it to a secondary location where it would be stripped.
The Camaro was recovered and towed/stored to be returned to the owner. This was the second theft and recovery of this Camaro via the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System since May 2016.
The San Francisco Bay Area has recently seen a marked increase in the theft of these late model, high performance Camaros, which are typically being recovered stripped of their engines, transmissions, interiors tires/wheels and suspension parts. The LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System was instrumental in preventing this owner’s Camaro from becoming one of these statistics.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Chevrolet Camaro SS in March 2010 at Courtesy Chevrolet in San Jose, California.