LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover a Stolen 2007 Mini Cooper
- May 19, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2007 Mini Cooper 2-door hatchback contacted the Melbourne 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.
Later that evening, while on routine patrol, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Mini Cooper on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The trooper began tracking the stolen Mini Cooper by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The trooper, along with their backup, observed the 2-door hatchback. The driver of the Mini Cooper upon seeing the trooper began to flee. The driver increased their speed quite a bit and blew a traffic signal. The driver eventually turned into a residential area near Downden Road and Wellington Drive in Orlando, which was a dead end. The driver stopped the Mini Cooper and the occupants fled on foot. The troopers requested the Orange County Sheriff’s Office K-9 units to respond. Sometime later the troopers found the driver of the Mini Cooper and arrested them for Grand Theft Auto. The Mini Cooper 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 Mini Cooper in February 2007 at Herb Chambers Mini in Boston, Massachusetts.