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Summary
Three people were arrested when a trooper followed a silent alert from a stolen car equipped with LoJack, and stumbled across an illegal chop shop operation.
Story Published: Apr 24, 2004 at 4:43 PM PST
Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 12:28 AM PST
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.
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