LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover Stolen Audi A8
- February 23, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2014 Audi A8 4-door sedan parked their car in their driveway of their West Palm Beach home leaving the key under the driver’s floor mat. When they attempted to use the Audi they discovered it missing. They contacted the West Palm Beach Police Department to report their Audi stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime information computers.
The next morning, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Audi A8 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer began tracking the stolen Audi by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the Audi abandoned in the 400 block of N.E. 191st Street. The Audi was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2014 Audi A8 in April 2014 at Braman Audi in West Palm Beach, Florida.