On July 20, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Volkswagen EOS contacted the Boston Police Department’s District 4 Station to report that her vehicle was stolen from outside her residence in the Hyde Park section of Boston sometime after 7:30PM, the previous night. The Boston Police Department verified the theft and entered the Volkswagen’s information

  On July 23, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta left his driver’s door open while carrying items from the vehicle. When he returned, he observed a male suspect sitting in his driver’s seat. Then, the suspect held out his hand for the keys; fearing for his safety, the victim gave up the

On July 3, 2012, the owner of a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg contacted the San Diego Police Department to report that his vehicle was stolen in San Diego. San Diego officers verified the theft and entered the vehicle’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Volkswagen.

On the evening of March 20, 2012, a sandwich shop in Sheridan, Colorado, was robbed by an armed gunman. The robber, in addition to stealing cash from the business, also demanded the keys to an employee’s 2000 Volkswagen Golf and drove away in it. The victims reported the crime to the Sheridan Police Department; the

When the owners of a used car dealership discovered that an employee had taken a 1998 Volskwagen Jetta without permission, they tried for several days to locate the vehicle.  When they were unable to do so, they reported the theft to the Wheat Ridge Police Department.  It was the police department’s routine entry of the

On the night of February 22, 2012, the owner of a 1996 Honda Accord discovered that her vehicle had been stolen, and quickly reported the theft to the National City Police Department. The responding officer verified the theft and, after obtaining all pertinent vehicle information, completed a stolen vehicle report. The officer then had the