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

When the renters of a 2007 Takeuchi Mini Excavator returned to their construction site on the morning of February 16, 2012, they discovered that unknown suspects had stolen the equipment. They quickly contacted the Stockton Police Department and reported the theft. After gathering the pertinent information, Stockton Police had the information about the stolen excavator entered into the

On the morning of February 19, 2012, the owner of a 2004 Honda CB1000 awoke to discover that suspects had entered his garage and stolen his motorcycle. The victim then contacted the Sacramento Police and reported the theft. Police entered the motorcycle’s information into the California Stolen Vehicle System as well as the national system, NCIC.

On February 8, 2012, the owner of a 1997 Saturn SL contacted the Fresno Police Department to report the vehicle stolen. After gathering the pertinent information about the theft, Fresno Police entered the Saturn’s information into the California Stolen Vehicle System and NCIC, the national crime database. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder

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 —

After the owners reported their vehicle stolen to law enforcement, the vehicle information was entered into the statewide stolen vehicle system (SVS/NCIC) computer. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. Neither the owners nor law enforcement had to do anything else to activate the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery Network

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

On the night of January 13, 2012, the owner of a 1998 Toyota 4-Runner picked up an acquaintance in his vehicle. He stopped at a local convenience store to pick up a beer, leaving the acquaintance in the car while he went inside to make the purchase. When he exited the store, he saw his

On January 13, 2012, the victim discovered that his 2004 Ford F150 pickup had been stolen and reported the theft to the Woodland Police Department. The vehicle information was entered into the California Stolen Vehicle System as well as the national system, NCIC. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the

On January 3, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Cadillac DTS stopped at a convenience store in the 1000 block of SE Maple Street of Hillsboro, and left the car running while he went inside.  An opportunistic thief jumped in the car and drove off.  The crime was reported to the Hillsboro Police Department who entered the VIN