Palm Beach County Officers Use LoJack to Recover Lincoln Towncar Stolen from Residence
- September 21, 2012
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On Tuesday evening, June 5, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Lincoln Towncar parked her car at her boyfriend’s house. The next morning when she attempted to go to work, she discovered her vehicle missing and accused her boyfriend of stealing the car; in fact, she stated that he had sent her text messages indicating that he had stolen the car. The owner contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to report the crime. The deputy arrived at the scene and interviewed the boyfriend, who claimed that he did not steal the car nor did he send the owner any text message. The deputy asked the owner to produce the texts, but she was unable to do so. Speaking with relatives of the boyfriend, it was believed that he knew where the car was.
The responding deputy prepared a stolen vehicle report and theft affidavit and had the Lincoln’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle.
A short while later, a deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from the stolen Lincoln Towncar on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking computer (PTC). Following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen, the officer, along with backup, located the vehicle in a parking lot at the corner of Belvedere Road and North Military Trail. The vehicle was recovered, released to the owner at the scene, and removed from federal and state crime computer systems.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the 2000 Lincoln Towncar on October 21, 2002 at Maroone Chevrolet in Green Acres, Florida and has been protecting it ever since.