LoJack System Helps Weston Police Department Recover Stolen GMC Arcadia
- February 27, 2019
- Law Enforcement
The
owners of a 2012 GMC Arcadia contacted the Weston Police Department to report
that their vehicle had been stolen. The Weston 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 GMC.
Four minutes later troopers from the Massachusetts State Police picked up the
silent LoJack signal from the stolen GMC 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 as well as officers from the Randolph Police
Department and the Braintree Police Department tracked the vehicle to a
shopping mall parking lot located in Braintree where the Braintree police found
an individual in the vehicle. An
investigation revealed that the ex-husband of the owner had asked the
individual found in possession of the vehicle to take the vehicle and deliver
it to him in Braintree.
No criminal charges were filed against the individual who was found in the
vehicle but further investigation may lead to charges against the ex-husband of
the owner of the GMC.
The LoJack® System was installed in the GMC Arcadia in January 2015 at Bourne Enterprises located in Bourne, MA.