Car's Tracking Device Leads Police To Chop Shop

TACOMA - Suspected car thieves messed with the wrong vehicle.

Somebody stole a 2000, blue, Honda Civic SI from the parking lot of Cheney Stadium Friday night.

The owner filed a police report, and then the car's LoJack system was activated. Not all cars have it, but if they do, the LoJack sends out a silent radio signal.

A state trooper was patrolling in east Tacoma overnight and a receiver in his patrol car picked up the Civic's LoJack signal.

The trooper found the Civic in a storage unit, already in several pieces.

It turns out the trooper stumbled across a sophisticated chop shop operation in the storage unit.

Three people from Tacoma and Lakewood were arrested for possession of stolen property.