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LoJack System Helps Los Angeles Police Department Recover Stolen 2018 Dodge Durango Suspect Arrested

  • December 9, 2019
  • Law Enforcement
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The owners of a 2018 Dodge Durango contacted the Los Angeles Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen.  Officers verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Dodge Durango.

A short while later officers from LAPD Pacific Division  picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Dodge Durango with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. The officers broadcasted they had picked up the signal in the area of Pacific Ave and Windward Ave.  Another unit responded to the area and observed the stolen Dodge Durango travelling North on Pacific Ave turning onto Washington Boulevard, this unit followed the stolen Dodge Durango requesting back up, Air Support and a Field Supervisor. The stolen vehicle was followed to Lincoln Blvd and Mindanao Way when it pulled into a service station.  At that time officers deployed on the vehicle taking the suspect into custody without further incident.

Officers questioned the suspect and were told that he had walked onto a lot noting several vehicles parked. He tried the door and found it unlocked then located the key in the ash tray, taking the vehicle.

The suspect was later booked for the theft of the vehicle and the vehicle was released to the owner in the field.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Dodge Durango in Apr 2018, at Rydell Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in San Fernando, CA.


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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