Late in the day on December 11, 2011, California Highway Patrol officers received the silent LoJack signal from a 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo stolen earlier that afternoon from the LAPD Harbor area.  After receiving the description of the stolen vehicle, they tracked the signal, using computer cues, to the 500 block of 119th Street in

On the morning of January 28, 2012, a California Highway Patrol officer from the Santa Fe Springs area was on highway patrol in his LoJack-equipped cruiser when he picked up the silent LoJack signal from a stolen 1995 Honda Civic reported stolen minutes earlier. After obtaining a description of the stolen vehicle, he tracked the signal to

On January 10, 2012, the owner of a 2009 Honda CRV SUV contacted the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office to report the vehicle stolen — by someone known to the owner — from the 15400 block of South Union Milles Road near Mulino.  The reporting officer responded to the scene, prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the

On the evening of January 14, 2012, thieves committing car prowls broke into a van parked next to a BMW X5 in the 12600 block of SE 78th Place in Newcastle.  Inside the van, they found a set of keys to the BMW, which they then stole. When the owner discovered the vehicle missing, he contacted

On the night of January 9, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Honda Civic EX contacted the King County Sheriff’s Office to report the vehicle stolen from the 11800 block of Renton Avenue South in Skyway. The reporting officer responded to the scene, prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the stolen Honda’s information entered into

On the evening of January 4, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Saturn Ion was inside an exercise facility located in the 7600 block of Hosmer in Tacoma when her vehicle was stolen. The victim immediately contacted the Tacoma Police Department to report the theft. The Tacoma Police responded to the scene, prepared a stolen

On January 9, 2012, a 2006 Mazda 6 was stolen from the 1500 block of SE 82nd in Portland. Attempts made by the owner to locate the vehicle delayed reporting the theft to the police; however, the Portland Police Bureau was eventually contacted and notified of the crime.  Portland Police prepared a stolen vehicle report and

Between the evening hours of January 7, 2012 and the early morning hours of January 8, 2012, a business that handles pre-owned cars, SUVs and motorcycles was the victim of a commercial burglary. The  thieves entered a storage building located in the 11000 block of NE 2nd Place in Bellevue through a hole they punched in a wall

Sometime between the evening hours of January 4, 2012 and the early morning hours of January 5, 2012, a 2010 Toyota Corolla was stolen from a residence in the 6100 block of NE 113th Court in Vancouver. When the victim awoke on the morning of January 5th and discovered the Toyota missing, he immediately contacted the Clark

Late in the night of December 19, 2011, the owners of a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe reported the vehicle stolen to the El Monte Police Department.  El Monte Police responded to the scene, prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the stolen Tahoe’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police action automatically activated