Miami-Dade, Florida Police Recover Stolen Chevrolet Silverado with Help from the LoJack® System
- May 20, 2014
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The Florida resident in this case had given an acquaintance his keys and a sum of money to make a repair to his Chevrolet Silverado a few days prior. When he was unable to contact the ‘mechanic’, he contacted police instead. Because there was a LoJack® system installed when the pickup was purchased, local police were able to recover it later that afternoon.
On May 12th, 2014, the Chevy’s owner contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report and theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically activated the LoJack device concealed in the Silverado, which was installed at Lou Bachrodt Chevrolet in Pompano Beach, FL.
Later that afternoon, Miami-Dade PD auto theft detectives picked up the silent homing signal from the stolen truck on their on-board LoJack tracking computers. The Chevy was located near N.W. 197th Street and N.W. 49th Place, where it was found parked and abandoned at the side of the road. . The Silverado was retrieved and soon returned to its thankful owner.
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