LoJack System Helps Santa Clara County Regional Auto Theft Task Force Recover Stolen 2017 Toyota Corolla – Suspect Identified
- February 7, 2019
- Law Enforcement
The owner of a 2017 Toyota Corolla contacted the San Jose Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen. The San Jose 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 2017 Toyota Corolla.
A
short while later, investigators with the Santa Clara County Regional Auto
Theft Task Force were working in the city of San Jose, when they picked up the
silent LoJack signal from the stolen Toyota with the Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in
patrol vehicles and aircraft.
Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the stolen vehicle was
tracked to a residential area in the 1400 block of Colt Way. It was established
that the vehicle was in the closed garage of a residence. The address was known to the task force
investigators as belonging to a juvenile they had prior contacts with. Surveillance was established on the
residence, but the juvenile was not located.
Contact was made at the residence and the stolen Corolla was confirmed
to be in the garage. The task force is
continuing their investigation and will be seeking an arrest warrant for the
suspect’s arrest.
The stolen Toyota Corolla was recovered by the Santa Clara County Regional Auto
Task Force and the vehicle was released back the owner.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2017 Toyota Corolla in December of 2016, at Livermore Toyota, in Livermore, CA.