When the owner of a 2001 Mercedes Benz SL600 Roadster discovered that his vehicle had been stolen on March 20, 2012, he reported the theft to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. It was the Sheriff’s Department’s routine entry of the vehicle’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system that automatically activated the

When the owner of a 2001 Mercedes Benz SL600 Roadster discovered that his vehicle had been stolen on March 20, 2012, he reported the theft to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. It was the Sheriff’s Department’s routine entry of the vehicle’s information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system that automatically activated the