On February 22, 2012, detectives from the Los Angeles County Auto Theft Task Force’s TRAP were working a large-scale investigation involving several stolen vehicles and multiple suspects.  One of the vehicles was a 2004 Cadillac Escalade that was entered as stolen by TRAP earlier that day. Within minutes of the police entering the Escalade’s information

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On February 23, 2011, a Canine officer from the El Monte Police Department was on routine patrol when he received the silent LoJack signal of a 2004 Toyota Tundra reported stolen to the California Highway Patrol E/LA. He alerted other El Monte officers, who also had LoJack tracking capabilities installed in their patrol vehicle.  The other El Monte

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 On February 14, 2012, a 2004 Toyota Sienna was stolen while parked at the owner’s residence in Westchester County, NY. When the owner discovered it was stolen, he immediately notified the Greenburgh Police Department of the theft. The police entered the Toyota’s information into the state and federal stolen vehicle computer database — a routine police

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When the owners of a 2000 Jeep Cherokee discovered that their vehicle had been stolen on the morning of January 23, 2012, they immediately reported the theft to the Denver Police Department.  It was the police department’s routine entry of the Jeep’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system that automatically activated

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On the morning of February 19, 2012, the owner of a 2004 Honda CB1000 awoke to discover that suspects had entered his garage and stolen his motorcycle. The victim then contacted the Sacramento Police and reported the theft. Police entered the motorcycle’s information into the California Stolen Vehicle System as well as the national system, NCIC.

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On January 12, 2012, the owner of a 2004 Toyota Corolla returned home for the evening and parked his Toyota outside of his residence in New Orleans, Louisiana. The owner later noticed that his keys were missing, and upon looking outside, he discovered that his Corolla was missing. He called and reported the auto theft

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