On the morning of February 16, 2012, the owner of a 2003 PT Cruiser reported the vehicle stolen to the Signal Hill Police Department. Officers gathered the information necessary to complete the stolen vehicle report, and then had this information entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police action automatically activated

On February 13, 2012, the owner of a 1996 Acura RL contacted the Hawthorne Police Department to report that her vehicle had been stolen by her roommate. Hawthorne officers gathered the necessary information to file a stolen vehicle report, and had this information entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police

 On the morning of February 23, 2012, the owner of a 2001 Nissan Quest left her vehicle running in her driveway, where it was stolen. She immediately contacted the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division to report the theft. After the police gathered all of the pertinent information for a vehicle theft report, they had

On February 22, 2012, Los Angeles Sheriffs Air-21 flight deputies were on patrol when their onboard LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) picked up the silent LoJack signal from a 1998 Nissan Maxima reported stolen to the Pasadena Police Department just minutes earlier.  Following the directional signals on the PTC, the deputies tracked the stolen Nissan into

On February 23, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Honda Accord arrived home and parked his car in front of his home.  As he was sitting inside his vehicle talking on his cell phone, a male suspect approached him, holding a hammer, demanding his car keys and that he get out of the car.  The victim

On the afternoon of February 9, 2012, a 2004 Toyota Corolla was stolen at gunpoint during a carjacking in San Bernardino, California. After the owners reported the theft to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office’s Victorville Station, the deputies entered the Toyota’s information in the state and federal crime databases. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack

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

On January 30, 2012, a woman went into a Home Depot store in North Richland Hills and rented a 2008 Ford F350 pickup using false identification. When the store discovered the fraud, they reported the theft to the North Richland Hills Police Department. After completing a stolen vehicle report, the officers had the vehicle information entered into

On January 24, 2012, the owners of a 2003 Oldsmobile Olero contacted the Phoenix Police Department to report their vehicle stolen. Phoenix Police completed a stolen vehicle report and had information about the vehicle and its theft entered into the state and federal crime computers. tolen to law enforcement, the vehicle information was entered into the

In the early morning hours of January 6, 2012, the owner of a 1992 Honda Accord discovered that her vehicle had been stolen and immediately reported the theft to the National City Police Department. National City Police prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the stolen Honda’s information entered into the state and federal crime