The purpose of the LoJack® system is to assist police in retrieving stolen cars, trucks, vans and motorcycles. Sometimes, the police end up retrieving other things as well, as in this case, where a stolen Honda CBR1000 motorcycle leads to an arrest and the discovery of a motorcycle ‘chop shop’. On September 9th, 2013, the

On February 1, 2013, the owner of a Honda CBR1000 motorcycle contacted the NYPD to report that his bike was stolen while chained to a pole at his girlfriend’s residence, located in the Bronx. NYPD’s 48th Precinct verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers (NYSPIN/ NCIC), which

On Saturday afternoon, November 17, 2012, the cousin of the owner of a 2005 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle reported the vehicle stolen to the Miami-Dade Police Department. According to the cousin, the motorcycle was stolen from the driveway of his home in Unincorporated Miami-Dade County sometime between 12:30AM and 10:45AM that morning. The responding officer verified

On October 20, 2012, the owner of a 2009 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle contacted the New York Police Department’s 1st Precinct in Lower Manhattan to report that his bike was stolen from in front of his place of business in Manhattan’s Wall Street area. When the officers from the 1st Precinct arrived at the scene, they

On August 30, 2012, the owner of a 2005 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle contacted the Raleigh Police Department to report the motorcycle stolen from the owner’s apartment complex parking lot.  The owner had received an Early Warning notification from their LoJack Vehicle Recovery System that the motorcycle had been moved. The notification stated that if this

On Tuesday morning, October 9, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle contacted the Hollywood Police Department to report that their motorcycle was stolen sometime during the night from their apartment complex in Hollywood, Florida. The responding officer verified the theft and had the motorcycle’s information entered into the state and federal crime

On the evening of May 18, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Honda CBR1000 parked his motorcycle in a space in front of his apartment building, where he could occasionally check on it, and went to bed. When he awoke the following morning, he discovered the motorcycle missing, and immediately reported the theft to the

On the evening of April 21, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle stored his bike in his garage with the keys in the ignition. During the night, someone broke into his garage and stole the Honda. When the owner discovered the theft the following morning, he contacted the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department