On the morning of February 2, 2012 the owner of a 2006 Honda Civic discovered the vehicle missing from the parking lot of his apartment complex where he had parked the previous night. The victim immediately contacted the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to report the theft. The responding deputy completed a stolen vehicle report and had

On February 22, 2012, detectives from the Los Angeles County Auto Theft Task Force’s TRAP were working a large-scale investigation involving several stolen vehicles and multiple suspects.  One of the vehicles was a 2004 Cadillac Escalade that was entered as stolen by TRAP earlier that day. Within minutes of the police entering the Escalade’s information

On the morning of February 1, 2012, a resident of Manchester, New Hampshire, lent his leased 2011 Toyota RAV4 to a friend. A few hours later, the friend returned the keys to the vehicle after using it; however, when the victim went outside later that day, he discovered that the Toyota was not parked where

On the morning of January 22, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Honda Ridgeline contacted the Jersey City Police Department to report the truck stolen. The reporting officer responded to the scene, prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the stolen Honda’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police action

On the evening of January 14, 2012, thieves committing car prowls broke into a van parked next to a BMW X5 in the 12600 block of SE 78th Place in Newcastle.  Inside the van, they found a set of keys to the BMW, which they then stole. When the owner discovered the vehicle missing, he contacted

On the evening of January 4, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Saturn Ion was inside an exercise facility located in the 7600 block of Hosmer in Tacoma when her vehicle was stolen. The victim immediately contacted the Tacoma Police Department to report the theft. The Tacoma Police responded to the scene, prepared a stolen