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LoJack System Helps Stuart Police Department Recover a Stolen 2012 Ford F150

  • August 31, 2017
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The owner of a 2012 Ford F-150 loaned his truck to his “girlfriend.” She hadn’t returned the Ford to her boyfriend. She was contacted by her boyfriend on numerous occasions to return the Ford. The “girlfriend” offered a number of excuses as to where the Ford was, but hadn’t returned the vehicle. The owner had no other alternative but to report the Ford as stolen. As the Ford was definitely last seen in Manatee County, a theft report had to be made there. The owner contacted the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to report their Ford stolen. The reporting 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 Ford.

Within minutes of activation, a Stuart Police Department traffic officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen F150 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) at Ocean Boulevard and Federal Highway. PTC’s are installed in law enforcement patrol vehicles and aircraft to track stolen vehicles. The officer began tracking the stolen Ford by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the pickup truck parked in the parking lot of a hotel in the 1200 block of Federal Highway. Further investigation revealed that the owner’s “girlfriend” was in the lobby of the hotel. The “girlfriend” was arrest for Grand Theft Auto. The truck 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 2012 Ford F150 in November 2015 at Palm Beach Toyota in West Palm Beach, Florida.

It should be noted that this Ford was stolen once before in November 2016 and was successfully tracked, located and recovered with the use of the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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