A local paving company left their 2005 John Deere Mini-excavator at a construction site in New Britain on a Friday afternoon. They returned on Tuesday and the excavator was gone. After determining that it was stolen they notified the police. The New Britain Police Department were called and it was their routine entry of the
Read MoreLoJack Corporation Helps Recover Freightliner Refrigerated Box Truck
- October 12, 2012
On Wednesday evening September 5th, the owner of a seafood company discovered that the gate to his warehouse had been compromised and the premises had been burglarized and their 2005 White Freightliner refrigerated box truck had been stolen. The owner notified the office manager, who contacted the Medley Police Department to report the stolen vehicle.
Read MoreJust the other day I was on a train ride from Boston to New York on my way to a seminar. Along the way as I gazed out the window, I noticed several inactive construction sites with unmanned construction equipment and thought what an easy target for thieves those machines must be. Probably worth hundreds
Read MoreOn October 4th, the owner of a 2004 Melroe Bobcat contacted Anaheim Police Department to report his Bobcat had been stolen from a construction site in Anaheim. Anaheim Police verified the theft and entered the equipment’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. Later
Read MoreWith a 90% success rate on cars and trucks and over 10,000 recoveries per year we here at LoJack receive unsolicited success stories and testimonials every day. Below is our most recent submission: “We were the victims of an armed home invasion on June 23, 2012. We lost our computers, monitors, cell phones, t.v’s, jewelry,
Read MoreFor Immediate Release: September 27, 2012 Chop Shop Operation Durham police officers located a large chop shop operation in a warehouse at 706 Ellis Road earlier this week. One person – Samer Fakhri Othman, 35, of Green Hollows Lane in Durham – was arrested today and charged in connection with the case. Officers discovered
Read MoreLoJack Helps Philadelphia Police Department Recover Stolen Chevrolet Malibu
- September 28, 2012
On Friday, September 21st, 2012, the owner of a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu contacted the Philadelphia Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen. The vehicle owner called 911 and Philadelphia Police Radio dispatched an officer to investigate the incident. The assigned officer prepared a stolen vehicle report and arranged to have the vehicles information
Read MoreMany times when law enforcement gets a LoJack “hit” in their cruisers, there’s the possibility that a single stolen vehicle recovery will lead to many more recoveries. On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, the owner of a 2003 Cadillac Escalade called the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to report that their vehicle was stolen. The Los Angeles
Read MoreImagine for just a moment you arrive home from grocery shopping, you park your car and begin unloading the bags. As you head into your house with your eggs and bread, you suddenly hear the screech sounds of tires. You go back outside and realize that your car has actually just been stolen. Unfortunately, crimes
Read MoreLoJack Corporation Leads Police to Stolen Rental Equipment
- September 20, 2012
The manager of the equipment rental department of a home improvement store was conducting inventory and discovered a track loader had not been returned as promised. After numerous attempts to locate the person who rented the piece of equipment the manager called the Denham Springs Police Department to report the track loader stolen. The Denham
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