LoJack® System Helps Anaheim Police Department Recover Stolen Chrysler 300
- October 22, 2015
- recovery stories
The Chrysler 300 was taken from a small auto auction in the city of Anaheim. An employee at the auction saw a male subject leaning on the Chrysler 300, which had arrived on the lot earlier in the day. The employee contacted the subject to assist him. The subject told the employee he was there looking for a job. The employee told him there was no openings and began walking back to the office. As the employee neared the office he turned and saw the male subject driving away in the Chrysler 300. The keys had been left in the Chrysler by the auction. The auction then contacted the Anaheim Police Department to report their Chrysler was stolen.
The Anaheim PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Chrysler 300.
Only 6 minutes later officers from the Anaheim PD picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Chrysler 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 Chrysler to the area of Claudina and North streets in the city of Anaheim. The Chrysler was mobile with a male driver. The Anaheim PD was able to stop the Chrysler and detain the driver. The employee/witness of the auction was brought to the location of the stop and positively identified the detained subject as the subject he saw driving away in the Chrysler.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Chrysler 300 in June 2005 at Long Beach Chrysler Jeep in California.