The owner of a 2008 Ford F350 crew cab pickup, who lives in Lakebay in Pierce County, reported the pickup stolen on the afternoon of March 21, 2012. According to the victim, an acquaintance had borrowed the vehicle and failed to return it within the specified time frame. When the owner contacted the acquaintance, he

When a construction crew in Houston arrived for work early on the morning of March 14, 2012, they discovered their rented John Deere Backhoe missing and immediately filed a theft report with the Houston Police Department. After all the pertinent information was gathered, Houston Police entered the backhoe’s information into the state and national stolen

On March 16, 2012, the owner of a 2004 BMW 330 discovered that his car was stolen from where it was parked in Santa Rosa, California. The owner called the local California Highway Patrol office to report the theft. CHP officers prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the BMW’s information entered into the state

On March 4, 2012, the owner of a 2010 Honda Civic left the keys to her car on a table at a church reception; a short while later, she discovered that the keys were missing. She then discovered that her vehicle, too, was missing, and contacted the Riverside Police Department to report the theft. Riverside

On Monday morning, January 9, 2012, the owner of a 2001 Toyota RAV-4 SUV contacted the Miami Gardens Police Department to report the vehicle stolen. Upon arrival at the scene, the responding officer met with the owner, who advised that sometime during the previous night someone had stolen their Toyota from where they had parked

On the morning of January 25, 2012, while on routine patrol, an officer with the Denver Police Department began to pick up the silent LoJack signal from a stolen vehicle in the vicinity on the LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) installed in his patrol car. The LoJack PTC provides officers with on-board information that enables

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 evening of February 22, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Suzuki 650 parked and secured his motorcycle for the night. When he returned for the bike the following morning, he discovered it missing and contacted the Anaheim Police Department to report the theft. Anaheim Police initiated a stolen vehicle report and had the Suzuki’s information entered into

On the morning of February 2, 2012, the owner of a 2002 Toyota Sienna contacted the Baltimore City Police Department to report that the vehicle had been stolen from the 2900 block of Forest Glen Road in Baltimore City. The responding officer obtained all the pertinent information and submitted the Toyota’s vehicle identification number to the state and federal

The owners of a 1997 Honda Accord last saw their vehicle on February 8, 2012, parked in Salt Lake City. Later that day, they discovered that the car had been stolen and immediately contacted the Salt Lake City Police to report the theft. After verifying the crime, the Salt Lake Police entered the stolen Honda’s information into