When it comes to vehicle theft, we suggest several layers of protection as theft prevention products are just one important step. Case in point, on the morning of 01/02/2013, the owner of a 1994 Toyota Celica left his home to head for work. When the owner got to where he had parked his Celica the
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The owner of a 2007 Ford F-350 King Ranch contacted the St. Tammany, LA, Sheriff Office on Christmas morning to report that his vehicle had been stolen from where it was parked at a Ford Dealership in Slidell. The owner and his family were in the Slidell area for the holidays visiting family, when the
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The FBI recently released the results from their 2011 Uniform Crime Report. While vehicle theft decreased 3% in 2011, we conducted in-depth analysis on the report and discovered a number of trends that demonstrate the need and importance of the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System: The national recovery rate of stolen vehicles — 52%
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In this shocking story, the victim arrived home, pulled into his driveway and parked his Lexus RX300 SUV. As the victim exited his vehicle, he was immediately confronted by two suspects who proceeded to beat him with a pistol and demand his car keys. Stunned, the victim relinquished his keys and the suspects fled in
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Key Code Thefts a Growing Concern The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released Hot Wheels −its list of the 10 most-stolen vehicles in the United States. The report examines vehicle theft data submitted by law enforcement to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and determines the vehicle make, model and model year most reported
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The following story is one that makes us all particularly proud to work at LoJack. On August 3rd, a Southern California couple was faced with an armed man who wanted to steal their 2008 Nissan Maxima. At that point, they had to make a potentially life or death decision: do they resist this armed criminal
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On June 13th, the owner of a Honda Accord contacted the Orange County (FL.) Sheriff’s Office to report that her vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of her mother’s apartment complex where she had left the Honda on June 7th. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into
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In two separate incidents this past Wednesday, in two disparate parts of the country, LoJack helped law enforcement capture three men accused of kidnapping, armed robbery and motor vehicle theft and also arrest two people on gun possession as well as running a motorcycle theft ring. In the first incident in Arizona, a man was
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On March 30, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Nissan pickup truck contacted the Woodland Police Department to report the vehicle stolen. Woodland Police completed a stolen vehicle report and had the Nissan’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed within the pickup
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