OnStar Helps Track Down Stolen Chevy Silverado After Carjacking: Video

General Motors’ OnStar service helped track down a Chevrolet Silverado after it was stolen from an adult video store parking lot in Missouri on New Years Eve.

According to police, two men were parked at an adult video store in Carthage, Missouri when the driver got out of the vehicle and went inside. The passenger chose to remain in the vehicle and eventually fell asleep. Shortly after, a man entered the vehicle and drove off. When the passenger woke up, he was being held at gunpoint by a masked man, who drove across state lines through Kansas, back into Missouri and then to Oklahoma. The thief allegedly did methamphetamine while in the truck, pistol whipped the passenger and continually threatened him.

The masked man eventually stopped to let the passenger out of the vehicle, along with a goat that was also in the truck. That’s when the victim called police, who were eventually able to track the stolen truck down with the help of OnStar’s Stolen Vehicle Assistance technology. Police tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled, leading them on a lengthy pursuit. OnStar managed to slow the vehicle down to 15 mph, at which point police used stop sticks to flatten the truck’s tires. With the truck’s tires flat, the driver got out and started a brief foot pursuit before being caught slightly after.

The thief was later identified as 40-year old Brandon Wade Kirby of Mannford, Missouri. He was booked on two firearm related offences and caught a charge for kidnapping, as well. Records show Kirby was recently released from prison and has multiple prior convictions. He was also wanted for burglary in a separate county in Oklahoma at the time of his arrest.