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LoJack System Helps Chicago Recover Stolen BMW 535 I

  • July 15, 2019
  • Law Enforcement
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The owners of a 2008 BMW 535 I contacted the Chicago Police Department to report their vehicle stolen  from the 1200 block of West 18th street when they left their vehicle running as they picked up a BBQ order at that location. The theft occurred in Chicago’s Lower West Side neighborhood. Chicago Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the BMW.

A short while later officers from Chicago’s Ogden District picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen BMW with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft.  Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the vehicle to the 2300 block of South Washtenaw Avenue in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.

Chicago Police recovered the undamaged BMW and returned it to a grateful owner. Because of the LoJack installed in the BMW police were able to recover it before it could be stripped, re-tagged, or used in a crime.

The LoJack® System was installed in the BMW 525 I in June 2007 at Valencia BMW Valencia, California.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

LoJack® unit activation is contingent upon the vehicle being located within LoJack’s coverage area that spans counties across 29 states throughout the U.S. and District of Columbia. You may find LoJack’s coverage areas at www.lojack.com/coverage or by calling 1-800-4-LoJack.

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