On June 1, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Cadillac Escalade called the Grapevine Police Department to report the vehicle stolen from an apartment complex in Grapevine. After verifying the theft, Grapevine officers had the Cadillac’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers, which activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. A

A 2007 Komatsu PC50 excavator was stolen from the company’s equipment yard in Arlington sometime during the weekend of May 5-6, 2012. On May 7, the owner arrived to the equipment yard to find the lock and chain on the gate cut, and that the excavator had been off-loaded from an equipment truck and transported

On the evening of May 7, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Honda Odyssey van was sitting in her vehicle in an elementary school parking lot, waiting for her children. A suspect was inside the school attempting to steal laptop computers and when he was seen, he ran out of the school and into the

On the morning of March 5, 2012, the construction company renting two 2011 Miller welders reported them stolen to the University of Texas at Arlington Police Department. UT Arlington officers prepared a stolen equipment report and had the welders’ information entered into the state and federal crime computer systems. This routine police action automatically activated

On the morning of March 1, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Suzuki GSXR750 motorcycle discovered that his bike had been stolen in Arlington, Texas and immediately contacted the Arlington Police Department to report the theft. Arlington Police prepared a stolen vehicle report and had this information entered into the state and federal crime databases.