On January 18, 2013, the owners of a car lot contacted the Brea Police Department to report that a 2004 BMW Z-3 vehicle had been stolen, along with 12 other exotic cars, from their dealership’s lot. Apparently organized thieves broke into the car lot office, located the keys, and helped themselves to the 13 vehicles.

On January 31, 2013, the owner of a 2007 BMW 335I contacted the Fort Worth Police Department to report that his vehicle was stolen from his business parking lot in Fort Worth.    The Fort Worth Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated

 On February 1, 2013 the owner of a 2004 BMW 330i contacted the Baltimore City Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore City Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated

On January 28, 2013, the owner of a 2007 BMW 335i was warming the vehicle in his driveway in the 16200 block of 17th Avenue Court East near Tacoma, when opportunistic thieves drove off with the car.   The theft was reported to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. Pierce County deputies verified the theft and entered

On January 29, 2013, the owner of a BMW 740i contacted the Baltimore City Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from the 6100 block of Erdman Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore City Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the

On January 25, 2013, the owner of a 2002 BMW 330 I discovered his vehicle stolen and reported the theft to the Stockton Police Department. Stockton Police verified the theft and had the vehicle information entered into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the BMW. Neither the

On the evening of January 24, 2013, the victim discovered her 2012 Honda was stolen and reported the theft to the Stockton Police Department. The vehicle information was entered into the California Stolen Vehicle System as well as the national system, NCIC. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. 

On December 9, 2013, the owner of a 2012 BMW 328 discovered the vehicle missing from the valet parking lot of the hotel he had checked into on the previous day. The valet could not locate the BMW or the keys to the car. He immediately contacted the Orlando Police Department to report the vehicle

On January 16, 2013, the car dealership owner of a 2013 Audi Q7 contacted the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department TRAP Unit to report that their vehicle was stolen by means of a fraudulent application at the dealership in Beverly Hills, California. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into

A woman went into a car dealership in Grapevine, Texas, to purchase a used car. She decided on a 2006 BMW 325I, made a down payment with a personal check, and drove away in the vehicle. The dealership discovered later that the personal check was fraudulent, and contacted the Grapevine Police Department to report the