LoJack System Helps Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Recover Stolen Hyundai Tucson
- July 31, 2018
- Law Enforcement
The owner of a 2010 Hyundai Tucson contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to report that his vehicle had been stolen from in front of his address in the 4700 block of Fuentes. The Hyundai had been locked before leaving it. The owner stated that his ex-wife had threatened to steal it in the past and that she still had an extra key that she refused to return to the owner even after a court order telling her to. The owner contacted the ex-wife who admitted to taking the Hyundai and refused to return it. The owner notified the police and gave that information to them while reporting the theft.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Hyundai.
8 minutes later officers from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Hyundai 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 officers tracked the vehicle to the area of 2100 Palm where they located it occupied and mobile. The officers were able to safely stop the vehicle and arrest the driver who was in fact the owner’s ex-wife. The driver was arrested for the theft and the Hyundai was recovered and returned back to the owner.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Hyundai Tucson in February of 2010 at Puente Hills Hyundai, City of Industry, California.