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LoJack System Helps Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Recover Stolen Chevrolet Silverado

  • May 9, 2019
  • Law Enforcement
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The owner of a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to report that his vehicle had been stolen from his residence by an estranged ex-girlfriend.  She had come to his residence, which is in the 1400 block of 23rd street, and without his knowledge took the keys from the residence before he made her leave.  After she left, he could not find his keys and went outside to find his Chevrolet also missing so he notified the police. Las Vegas Metropolitan 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 Chevrolet.

Four minutes later officers from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Chevrolet 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 officers tracked the vehicle to an apartment complex in the 1000 block of Pecos.  The Chevrolet was unoccupied and unharmed.  The Chevrolet was recovered and returned back to the owner with the exception that the keys used to steal the Chevrolet were still missing.

The owner took the Chevrolet back home and parked it and locked it up.  The next night the owner went outside to use the Chevrolet and once again found it missing.  So he once again notified police.  Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department once again verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Chevrolet.

A short time later, officers from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Chevrolet 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 officers tracked the vehicle back to the same apartment complex in the 1000 block of Pecos.  The Chevrolet was occupied this time by the estranged ex-girlfriend.  The ex-girlfriend ran from the police but was quickly taken into custody.  The Chevrolet was recovered undamaged and was given back to the owner along with the keys.  The driver was arrested for the two thefts and was taken to jail and booked for Grand Larceny Auto two counts.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Chevrolet Silverado in June of 2007 at Coulter Nissan, Surprise, Arizona.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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