LoJack® System Helps New Mexico Auto Theft Task Force Recover a Stolen Hyundai Sonata within an Hour of Activation

The owner of a 2016 Hyundai Sonata contacted the Albuquerque Police Department to report the vehicle was stolen.  The owner advised the Hyundai was stolen from the parking lot of a motel in the area of Interstate 40 and 12^th Street.  The Albuquerque 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 Hyundai.

Approximately 45 minutes after the activation, officers with the Albuquerque PD and members with the New Mexico Auto Theft Task Force (New Mexico State Police and Albuquerque PD Auto Theft Units) picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Hyundai with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in their patrol and undercover vehicles.  Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the ATTF tracked the LoJack signal to the area of Central and Vassar.

The ATTF observed the Hyundai parked along the curb and unoccupied.  Surveillance was established on the stolen Hyundai in hopes the offender would return.  The Hyundai was subsequently recovered and processed for evidence at the scene.  The driver door lock and ignition were punched bypassing the need for a key to start the engine.  The Hyundai will be returned back to the owner with no other obvious signs of damage.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Hyundai Sonata in April 2016 at Henry Valencia Chevrolet Buick GMC in Espanola, New Mexico.

• 2016
• Albuquerque
• Henry Valencia Chevrolet Buick GMC
• Hyundai
• New Mexico
• Sonata