On Thursday, February 2, 2012, the owner of a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis 4-door sedan contacted the Hallandale Beach Police Department to report the vehicle stolen. Upon arrival at the scene, the responding officer met with the owner, who stated that he had entertained a “friend” the previous night, and when he woke up the

In the dark hours of March 21, 2012, auto thieves stole two Subaru Impreza WRXs from separate owners in the city of Arvada.  When the owners of these vehicles discovered the thefts, they each reported the crimes to the Arvada Police Department.  It was the police department’s routine entry of the vehicle information into the

On the evening of March 20, 2012, a sandwich shop in Sheridan, Colorado, was robbed by an armed gunman. The robber, in addition to stealing cash from the business, also demanded the keys to an employee’s 2000 Volkswagen Golf and drove away in it. The victims reported the crime to the Sheridan Police Department; the

The current owner of a 1993 Honda Accord EX was not aware that it a LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the vehicle almost eighteen years ago, but on February 26, 2012, he was very pleased to learn that it was. On that evening, the owner discovered the Honda stolen from the 21700 block

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

On February 27, 2012, LAPD Newton Division officers picked up the LoJack signal from a 1997 Honda Civic reported stolen two days earlier to the LAPD 77th Street Division. Following the directional and signal strength cues on the LoJack Tracking Computer installed in their patrol vehicle, the officers were able to track the stolen Honda

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.