LoJack System Helps the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Recover Stolen Kubota KRTV1100 Side by Side UTV Two Times in Five years
- July 16, 2019
- Law Enforcement
In July 2014, the owner of a 2007 Kubota KRTV1100 Side by Side UTV contacted the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, Greenville, SC to report the vehicle stolen from their residence. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Kubota.
Shortly after the vehicle was entered into the National Crime Computer Database, a Deputy with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Kubota with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the Deputy tracked the Kubota to a clearing near power lines in the southern Greenville County Area.
Fast forward to June 2019, the owner of the 2007 Kubota once again finds himself the victim of another theft. However, this time the theft occurred in Laurens County, SC which is an adjoining county to Greenville County, SC. The Kubota was on a trailer and attached to a truck. The truck, trailer, and Kubota were all stolen at the same time. The owner contacted the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, Laurens, SC and reported the truck, trailer, and Kubota UTV stolen. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office verified the theft and entered the vehicles into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Kubota.
Shortly after the vehicle was entered into the National Crime Computer Database, a Deputy with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Kubota with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the Deputy tracked the vehicle to a heavily wooded area. The deputy called for additional LoJack equipped Deputies to triangulate the location of the vehicle. Once the responding Deputies zeroed in on the location of the Kubota, the only way to access the vehicle was by walking into the wooded area on foot. The deputies located the UTV and were able to drive it out of the woods. The truck and trailer that were not equipped with a LoJack were not in the area and were not located at the time of the recovery of the Kubota. After the recovery, one of the recovering Deputies stated “we would have never found it if it hadn’t had the LoJack.”
The LoJack® System was installed in the Kubota KRTV1100 in November 2010 through Commercial Sales.