On the evening of January 9, 2012, the owner of a 2002 Dodge Caravan parked her vehicle outside of her home in Lawrence, Massachusetts. When she returned for the vehicle the next morning, she found the minivan missing and immediately contacted hte Lawrence Police Department to report the theft. The Lawrence Police took a stolen vehicle

On February 5, 2012, the owner of a 2010 Audi Q7 lent his vehicle to a friend. The friend had parked the Audi in the drive way of his residence in Middleburg Heights and left the keys inside the vehicle. In the early afternoon, the friend discovered the Audi missing and immediately contacted the owner. The owner

On January 19, 2012  the owner of a 2007 Jeep Wrangler discovered that his vehicle had been stolen and immediately contacted the Chicago Police Department to report the theft.  After verifying the theft and completing a stolen vehicle report, the Chicago Police had the Jeep’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police

On January 15, 2012  the owner of a 1999 Mitsubishi Galant discovered that the vehicle had been stolen, and immediately contacted the Chicago Police Department to report the theft. After verifying the theft and completing a stolen vehicle report, the Chicago Police had the Mitsubishi’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computers. This

On January 11, 2012 the owner of a 1998 Plymouth Expresso discovered that the vehicle had been stolen, and immediately contacted the Chicago Police Department to report the theft.  After verifying the theft and completing a stolen vehicle report, the Chicago Police had the Plymouth’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police

On January 5, 2012, the owner of a 2001 Ford Explorer discovered that his vehicle had been stolen and immediately contacted the Chicago Police Department. After confirming the vehicle’s theft, Chicago Police officers completed a stolen vehicle report and had the Ford’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police action

On January 5, 2012, the owners of a 2012 Ford Fusion awoke to find the vehicle from their residence in Detroit, and immediately filed a theft report with the Detroit Police Department. After verifying the theft, the Detroit Police had the Fusion’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computer databases.  This routine police action automatically

On January 30, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Honda Civic was stolen while parked near the owner’s residence on 35th Ave in Bayside, Queens, New York. When the owner discovered that his vehicle was stolen, he immediately notified NYPD of the theft. The police entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime

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 afternoon of January 27, 2012, a manager of the Home Depot in Grove City, OH discovered that one of the store’s rental vehicles had been stolen by fraudulent means two days after the rental transaction occurred. The manager quickly filed a theft report wiht the Grove City Police Department. After verifying the theft, the Grove City