The owner of a 2006 Ford F-350 pickup truck stayed at a Dallas hotel during the night of February 15, 2012; when he awoke the next morning, he discovered that his vehicle was missing from the hotel parking lot. The owner immediately reported the pickup stolen to the Dallas Police Department. Dallas officers gathered the

On the morning of February 22, 2012, a 2006 Toyota Highlander was parked in the owner’s garage when a person inside of the home observed a male subject drive the vehicle out of the garage, with the family’s Trek bicycle in the rack. The witness quickly reported the crime to the Raleigh Police Department (RPD).

On the evening of February 22, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Suzuki 650 parked and secured his motorcycle for the night. When he returned for the bike the following morning, he discovered it missing and contacted the Anaheim Police Department to report the theft. Anaheim Police initiated a stolen vehicle report and had the Suzuki’s information entered into

When the owners of the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup discovered that their vehicle had been stolen on February 9, 2012, they immediately filed a theft report with the Houston Police Department. After all the pertinent information was gathered, Houston Police entered the Silverado’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system.  This routine

When the owners of a 2007 Chevrolet pickup discovered that their vehicle had been stolen on February 5, 2012, they immediately filed a theft report with the Houston Police Department. After gathering all of the pertinent information, Houston officers entered the Chevrolet’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system. This routine action automatically

When the owners of a 2007 Ford F350 pickup discovered that their vehicle had been stolen on February 16, 2012, they immediately filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. After gathering all pertinent information, San Antonio Police entered the Ford’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system. This routine action automatically

On the morning of February 1, 2012, workers arriving at job site in the 3600 block of W. Van Buren discovered a semi truck and flatbed trailer loaded with two stolen excavators. The victims contacted the Phoenix Police Department to report the crimes. The police entered information about the stolen equipment into the NCIC police computer —

Upon discovering the theft of his Chevrolet Silverado on the afternoon of January 27, 2012, the owner contacted the Avondale Police Department to report the crime. The stolen Chevrolet’s information was then entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. Thirteen minutes

On February 9, 2012, officers from the Santa Ana Police Department overheard a radio broadcast from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department that they had picked up the silent LoJack signal from a stolen 2006 Chrysler Cruiser in the area of Santa Ana and Grand.  As the Santa Ana officer neared that location, he, too, picked

On February 5, 2012, officers from the LAPD-Topanga Division picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from a 2007 Toyota Camry reported stolen 19 minutes earlier to the LAPD-Mission Division. Following directions from the LoJack Police Tracking Computer installed in their patrol vehicle, the officers tracked and located the stolen Camry traveling in the opposite