The victim in this case found his Ford F-150 missing from a hospital parking lot one Monday afternoon. A spare key was left inside the truck, and the thief, who may have been planning to just take the contents of the vehicle, ended up driving it away. Luckily, something else was hidden in the pickup-

On the afternoon of December 27, 2012, the driver of a 2009 Subaru Legacy had just started the vehicle to warm the engine in her driveway in the 3300 block of South 56th Street. While she was inside her house with the vehicle idling, a friend of her husband arrived at the door looking for

On the morning November 11, 2012, the owner of a 2010 Lexus ES350 discovered her vehicle missing from in front of her business in the 5500 block of McKinley Avenue. She contacted the Tacoma Police Department to report the theft, and in the process, explained how two days earlier, she had discovered a set of

On the evening of November 8, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycle received an Early Warning Alert from LoJack advising the bike was moving. Early Warning is a LoJack feature that calls the owner of the bike when it moves without the presence of a LoJack Key Pass. According to the owner,

On July 26, 2012, the owner of a 2009 Ford Fusion contacted the Tacoma Police Department to report the theft of the vehicle.  The vehicle was stolen sometime after July 11th, while the owner was out of town. Tacoma Police verified the theft and entered the Ford’s identification number into the state and federal crime

On July 9, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Honda Civic contacted the Tacoma Police Department to report the vehicle stolen during the previous night from the 1600 block of South 41st Street. Tacoma Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle’s identification number into the state and federal crime computers. This process automatically activated

On June 16, 2012, the owner of a Toyota Tundra pickup truck contacted the Puyallup Tribal Police Department to report the theft of the vehicle from a casino parking lot. Puyallup Tribal Police Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle’s identification number into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack

In early May 2012, the owner of a 2008 Dodge Avenger was hospitalized for an extended period of time. While she was in the hospital, unbeknownst to her, an ex-boyfriend of hers stole her vehicle. When the victim’s friends and relatives became aware of the possible theft, they located the vehicle in Tacoma, but the

The owner of a 2003 Toyota Camry 4-door mistakenly left her keys in the entrance door lock of her residence on South Ash Street in Tacoma.  Opportunistic thieves took the keys and quickly located her car. A neighbor observed two suspects taking the keys and notified the owner. After verifying that her car had been

On the morning of April 5, 2012, the owner of a 2002 Honda Accord EX contacted the University Place Police Department to report the vehicle stolen. The owner stated that an ex-boyfriend had taken the vehicle without permission and refused to return it. University Place officers completed a stolen vehicle report and had the Accord’s