On a Sunday night before the manager of a national home improvement store in San Antonio, TX left for the evening, the store’s skid steer loader was secured on a trailer. The manager had a very unpleasant Monday morning, as he discovered that the loader had been stolen right off the trailer. Fortunately, the skid
Read MoreTop 5 Construction Equipment Theft Recoveries of 2011
- January 5, 2012
From busting chop shops to getting the bad guys behind these crimes and their weapons off the streets, LoJack continues to be the most effective system for protecting construction equipment from today’s sophisticated professional thieves. Top Construction Equipment Theft Recovery Stories of 2011: #5. Thieves Leave Loader to “Cool Off,” but LoJack Found it “Hot”
Read MoreTop Five Motorcycle Recoveries Of 2011
- December 30, 2011
From busting chop shops and recovering a bike stolen from a soldier recently back from Afghanistan to arresting thieves, these stories demonstrate how LoJack continues to be the most effective system today for protecting motorcycles from theft…and getting sophisticated bike thieves off the streets. Top Motorcycle Recoveries of 2011: #5 LoJack Signal Penetrates Thick Woods;
Read MoreTop 10 Auto Theft Recoveries of 2011
- December 28, 2011
From tracking down multiple carjackers and a kidnapper to recovering vehicles from inside garages and steel shipping containers, these stories demonstrate how LoJack continues to be the most effective system today for stolen vehicle recovery. Here are LoJack’s Best Recovery Stories from 2011: #10 Thief Defeats GPS Service, but LoJack Gets Escalade Back – Atlanta
Read MoreOn Monday, December 5, 2011, an individual went to a dealership in Austin, Texas to buy a new pickup truck. After meeting with a salesman, he agreed to buy a 2012 Ford F-350 truck. The man filled out the necessary financial paperwork and the sale was approved. On Wednesday, December 7, 2011, the dealership discovered
Read MoreWhen a construction company discovered that their rented 2005 Takeuchi tractor had been stolen, they immediately filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. After all the pertinent information was gathered, the police entered the equipment’s information into the National Crime Information Center computers, which automatically activated the LoJack System covertly installed on
Read MoreLoJack’s Best Commercial Recovery Stories of All Time
- November 28, 2011
LoJack® continues to be No. 1 in theft recovery. Since 1986, LoJack has recovered more than 300,000 stolen vehicles and construction equipment—worth nearly $4 billion. LoJack has had some incredible recovery stories over the course of its 25+ years, so in a series of ongoing posts, we will be sharing our best stories of all
Read MoreThis suspect was pretty slick, but not quite slick enough. On 09/27/2011 on a dealer lot, a customer asked to look at a 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour. The customer was given the key to open the vehicle and inspect it, but did not drive it off the lot. The customer returned the keys and advised
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