LoJack System Helps Nevada Highway Patrol Recover Stolen Chevrolet Cobalt
- August 29, 2018
- Law Enforcement
The owners of a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen from the parking lot of their business located in the 1400 block of East Windmill. The vehicle had been sold to the owners, who are a credit union, when the previous owner traded it in for a newer vehicle. When it was traded in the previous owner stated that there was only one key for the vehicle. The owners left the Chevrolet parked in front of the business during the night and video surveillance showed that the previous owner came back with the extra key and drove off in the Chevrolet. The next morning when the owners returned to the business it was discovered that the Chevrolet was missing and the police were called.
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 Chevrolet.
30 minutes later troopers from Nevada Highway Patrol picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Chevrolet 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 troopers tracked the vehicle to a residential area in the 7900 block of Snowberry. The vehicle was unoccupied at the time but the spare key had been left by the thief. The Chevrolet was recovered and towed for safekeeping. Detectives from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were able to track down the previous owner and arrest him for the theft.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Chevrolet Cobalt in August of 2007 at Bill Heard’s Vista Chevy, Las Vegas, Nevada.