On August 2, 2012 the owner of a 2008 Lexus ES350 contacted the Philadelphia Police Department to report their vehicle stolen from the West Philadelphia Area. Philadelphia officers verified the theft and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Lexus. A

When the owners of a Lexus ES350 discovered that their vehicle had been stolen on the night of May 3, 2012, they reported the theft to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.  It was the Sheriff department’s routine entry of the vehicle’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system that automatically activated