On January 30, 2012, Hertz Equipment Rentals in French Camp, CA, discovered that their 2005 Ford F-250 was missing. They quickly reported the theft to Contra Costa  California Highway Patrol. After verifying the theft, CHP officers completed a stolen vehicle report and had the Ford pickup truck’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computers.

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On Thursday morning, January 19, 2012, the victim returned to a job site in Stockton and discovered that unknown suspects had stolen a 2005 Melroe skid steer during the previous night. The victim contacted the Stockton Police Department to report the theft. The reporting officer prepared a stolen equipment report and had the stolen tractor’s information

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On the afternoon of January 5, 2012, Riverside County Auto Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) Investigators picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from a 2001 Caterpillar Back-Hoe Loader, which had been entered as a stolen vehicle five minutes earlier by the Riverside Police Department. The investigators tracked the signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computers

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 Vehicle:          2007 Mercedes Benz SLK280 Activation:      Tulare Police Department – January 3, 2012 7:55 p.m. Recovery:       Tulare County Sheriff’s Department – January 3, 2012 8:13 p.m. Dealership:     Fletcher Jones Mercedes – Las Vegas, Nevada On the night of January 3, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Mercedes Benz SLK280 discovered that his home had been

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On January 3, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Caterpillar backhoe reported his construction equipment stolen to the Columbia Police Department. This action triggered the LoJack unit concealed inside the backhoe to begin emitting a silent radio signal. This signal can be tracked by law enforcementofficers  in patrol vehicles equipped with Police Tracking Computers (PTCs), installed by

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After a rental company’s John Deere backhoe was stolen off of a jobsite near Perkins, Oklahoma, a theft report was filed with the Payne County Sheriff’s Department.  A complete description of the equipment and serial/pin number was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the

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LoJack® continues to be No. 1 in theft recovery, with a recovery rate greater than 90% on cars and trucks. Since 1986, LoJack has recovered more than 300,000 stolen vehicles and construction equipment—worth nearly $4 billion. LoJack has had some incredible recovery stories over the course of its 25+ years. Below are the pick-up truck

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From busting chop shops to getting the bad guys behind these crimes and their weapons off the streets, LoJack continues to be the most effective system for protecting construction equipment from today’s sophisticated professional thieves.  Top Construction Equipment Theft Recovery Stories of 2011:  #5. Thieves Leave Loader to “Cool Off,” but LoJack Found it “Hot”

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LoJack® continues to be No. 1 in theft recovery, with a recovery rate greater than 90% on cars and trucks. Since 1986, LoJack has recovered more than 300,000 stolen vehicles and construction equipment—worth nearly $4 billion. Since entering the motorcycle market in 2005, the LoJack system has helped law enforcement recover over 2,500 LoJack-equipped stolen motorcycles.

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Top Five Motorcycle Recoveries Of 2011

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From busting chop shops and recovering a bike stolen from a soldier recently back from Afghanistan to arresting thieves, these stories demonstrate how LoJack continues to be the most effective system today for protecting motorcycles from theft…and getting sophisticated bike thieves off the streets. Top Motorcycle Recoveries of 2011: #5 LoJack Signal Penetrates Thick Woods;

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