Maryland State Police Recover Stolen 2010 Toyota Camry Assisted by the LoJack® System
- July 8, 2013
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“Parked and unoccupied” is a phrase you see quite often in stolen vehicle recovery cases involving the LoJack® system. It refers to the habit of some thieves of parking the stolen vehicle either in a low traffic location or in an area with lots of cars- and leaving it unattended for 24 hours or more. The purpose is to find out whether or not the vehicle has a LoJack unit installed- if it does, the police will track it down; if not, the thieves return and take it away. In this particular case, a stolen 2010 Toyota Camry was parked and then recovered just a little over two hours after activation.
On June 30th, 2013, the Camry’s owner contacted Prince George’s County Police to report that their vehicle was stolen from the driveway of their Forestville residence. PGCPD officers verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers. The LoJack device concealed in the Toyota, which was installed at Alexandria Toyota in Alexandria, VA, was then automatically activated.
A short while later, a trooper with the Maryland State Police picked up the homing signals from the Toyota on the LoJack tracking computer installed in the patrol vehicle. The trooper tracked the vehicle to the Morningside area, where it was found parked and unoccupied. The undamaged Camry was soon returned to its very relieved owner.
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