On the morning of February 16, 2012, the owner of a 2003 PT Cruiser reported the vehicle stolen to the Signal Hill Police Department. Officers gathered the information necessary to complete the stolen vehicle report, and then had this information entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police action automatically activated

On the afternoon of January 16, 2012, the owner of a 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser came out of her house in the Richmond Hill section of Queens to start her vehicle. When she realized she had forgotten something inside her house, she locked her vehicle, with the motor running and keys in the ignition, and went back