LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover a Stolen 2008 Blue Mercedes-Benz CL550 2-door coupe
- October 16, 2014
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2008 Blue Mercedes-Benz CL550 discovered their vehicle missing from their North Lauderdale home. The owner contacted the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to report their vehicle stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report and theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically activated the LoJack® Stolen Vehicle Recovery System concealed in the Mercedes-Benz. Later in the day, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper picked up the silent LoJack® System homing signal from the stolen CL550 on their on-board LoJack® System Police Tracking Computer (PTC), which assists law enforcement officers to locate stolen vehicles quickly and safely.
The officer verified the theft information by having their dispatcher query the Reply Code that appeared on their PTC display. The dispatcher relayed the stolen vehicle’s description to the trooper so that they could identify the vehicle when they observed it. The trooper began tracking the stolen vehicle by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. Also tracking the vehicle was a member of the Auto Theft Task Force. The personnel tracking the vehicle located the vehicle in the parking lot of a garden apartment, where the Lauderhill Police Department was investigating a burglary to a residence. Further investigation revealed that the suspect that they had in custody was involved with the vehicle that was tracked. The MB CL550 was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from federal and state crime computer systems.
The LoJack System was installed in the 2008 Blue Mercedes-Benz CL550 2-door coupe in February, 2008.