LoJack® System Helps the Philadelphia Police Department Recover a 2002 GMC Envoy
- February 12, 2015
- recovery stories
The owner of an automobile repair business reported to the Philadelphia Police that person(s) unknown had forcefully gained entry into his establishment in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. After taking inventory, the business owner reported that a variety of electronic equipment had been taken along with 2002 GMC Envoy owned by a customer. Uniformed officers prepared an initial report of this incident and took same to Philadelphia Police Northeast Detective Division where a Philadelphia PD detective was assigned to the investigation.
After conducting interviews and crime scene processing, the assigned detective verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in then GMC.
Minutes after the LoJack activation broadcast, investigators assigned to the Philadelphia Police Major Crimes Auto Squad picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen GMC on the LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) in their squad car. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the investigators tracked the signal to a street in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia where they observed the parked and unoccupied stolen GMC. The investigators placed the vehicle under surveillance from a short distance away and soon observed a male enter the vehicle and drive off. The investigators requested assistance from officers assigned to a marked police vehicle. Two Highway Patrol officers were in the area and performed a felony stop and the operator was placed under arrest. The operator was charged with violations of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code related to theft and the vehicle was confiscated for safekeeping. This incident remains under investigation by the Philadelphia Police Major Crimes Auto Squad.
The LoJack® System was installed in the GMC Envoy in July 2002 at Fairway Pontiac in Jenkintown.