LoJack System Helps California Highway Patrol Recover Stolen Toyota Tundra with an Arrest
- March 7, 2019
- Law Enforcement
The
owners of a 2005 Toyota Tundra contacted the Garden Grove Police Department to
report their vehicle had been stolen. Garden Grove 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 Toyota.
A short while later deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Toyota 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 deputies tracked the Toyota to the city of Hawthorne. The deputies found the Toyota mobile
with one occupant. The deputies
attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the Toyota but the driver fled. The deputies initiated a pursuit which led
them to the freeway. After the pursuit
entered the freeway the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s contacted the California
Highway Patrol to assist. California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit as it
continued on multiple freeways. The
pursuit lasted about two hours and traveled over several freeways and surface
streets throughout Los Angeles County.
Fortunately the driver stopped on a residential street in the city of
Bellflower without ever colliding with another vehicle. A short standoff ensued before the officers
were able to safely take the driver into custody. The driver will be charged with vehicle
theft, felony evading and other charges.
The undamaged Toyota was recovered by the CHP.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Toyota Tundra in March 2005 at Toyota
Place, Garden Grove CA.