LoJack System Helps Colorado State Patrol Recover a Dodge Charger
- October 26, 2018
- Law Enforcement
The owner of a 2006 Dodge Charger contacted the Denver Police Department and reported that his vehicle had been stolen from an address in Denver. A police officer verified the ownership of the Dodge and took the auto theft report based on the owner’s claim of theft. The vehicle information was entered into the state and federal crime computers as is routine and that action automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Charger.
A few minutes’ later officers and troopers with the Colorado State Patrol, Westminster PD and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office were picking up the silent LoJack signals from the stolen Dodge with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTCs) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from their PTCs, CSP troopers tracked the signals to the 6800 block of Ruth Way in Westminster. The vehicle could not be seen on the street but troopers soon pinpointed the source of the signals as a residential garage.
Troopers and investigators with the auto theft task force determined that the Dodge Charger was concealed in the garage. Through their investigation they learned that the owner of the Dodge had made a false report of theft due to a civil dispute over payments due to the sale of the vehicle.
Although this was determined not to be a criminal auto theft situation, LoJack provided a quick resolution to the claim of a motor vehicle theft and has subjected the owner to a charge of False Reporting to Authorities.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Dodge Charger at the request of a prior owner of the vehicle in June of 2011 in Seattle, Washington.