LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover A Stolen Toyota Camry
- March 28, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2007 Toyota Camry 4-door sedan discovered their car missing. They contacted the Miami Police Department to report their vehicle 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.
Immediately upon activation, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade Police Department Robbery Intradiction Detail detective picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Camry on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The detective began tracking the stolen Toyota by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The detective, along with their backup, located the 4-door sedan near N.W. 79th Street and N.W. 13th Court, where they stopped the vehicle with a “Felon Stop.” The occupants of the Toyota exited and fled on foot. After a foot chase, the subjects were apprehended and arrested As a result of this, the detectives recovered two firearms. Two of the suspects arrested had warrants for murder and attempted murder. The Toyota 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 2007 Toyota Camry in May 2007 at Hudson Toyota in Jersey City, New Jersey.