On the early morning hours of February 2, 2012, the owner of a 2010 Honda Accord contacted the Baltimore City Police Department to report that the vehicle had been stolen from the 200 block of Franklintown Road in Baltimore City. The responding officer obtained all of the relevant information, and had the stolen Honda’s vehicle identification

On the morning of February 2, 2012, the owner of a 2002 Toyota Sienna contacted the Baltimore City Police Department to report that the vehicle had been stolen from the 2900 block of Forest Glen Road in Baltimore City. The responding officer obtained all the pertinent information and submitted the Toyota’s vehicle identification number to the state and federal

On the morning of February 18, 2012, an officer from the Fullerton Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from a 1999 Honda Civic reported stolen 16 minutes earlier to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department – Compton. After obtaining a description of the vehicle, the officer tracked it to a residential neighborhood in the 1000

On the morning of January 19, 2012, the owner of United Rentals in Lakeland, Florida, noticed that a Takeuchi Skid Steer was missing from their lot, where it was last seen the previous night. He immediately contacted the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to report the theft. After completing a stolen vehicle report, the Polk County officers had

On the morning of January5, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Mazda MZ6 discovered his vehicle was missing from his driveway, where he had parked the previous night. He immediately contacted the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to report the theft. After preparing a stolen vehicle report, the Mazda’s information was entered into the state and federal crime

In the early morning of January 21, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle discovered the bike missing from the parking lot of his apartment complex in Melbourne, where he had parked it the previous night. He immediately contacted the Melbourne Police Department to report the theft. After completing a stolen vehicle report, Melbourne

On the morning of February 1, 2012, workers arriving at job site in the 3600 block of W. Van Buren discovered a semi truck and flatbed trailer loaded with two stolen excavators. The victims contacted the Phoenix Police Department to report the crimes. The police entered information about the stolen equipment into the NCIC police computer —

On January 24, 2012, the owner of a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup truck contacted the Peoria Police Department to report that the vehicle had been stolen. After a brief investigation, Peoria Police completed a stolen vehicle report and had information about the Dodge Ram entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine

On the afternoon of January 13, 2012, a 2008 Ford F-350 flatbed truck was stolen from the Home Depot Store in Mesa, California. Upon discovery of the theft, the store manager contacted the Mesa Police Department to report the crime. Mesa Police entered information about the stolen Ford into the state and federal crime databases.

On February 9, 2012, officers from the Santa Ana Police Department overheard a radio broadcast from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department that they had picked up the silent LoJack signal from a stolen 2006 Chrysler Cruiser in the area of Santa Ana and Grand.  As the Santa Ana officer neared that location, he, too, picked