TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) teamed up with a local car dealer to etch unique ID’s on a critical car part to prevent bad guys from wanting to steal them. “I have my cars done.

A Gardena woman had a rough start to her day when she tried to start the engine of her car only to find -as so many other Californians have- that her catalytic converter had been stolen while she ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A quick way for crooks to make some fast cash, catalytic converter thefts have skyrocketed over the last few years and now a coalition of law enforcement agencies are teaming up to ...

A treasure chest of valuable metals that sits underneath every car has sparked a rash of thefts. Now legislators in Washington and statehouses are fighting back. Thefts of catalytic converters — an ...

Catalytic converters, a part of a car’s exhaust system that sits beneath the vehicle, have become popular targets for thieves since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s because they contain ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A Gardena woman had a rough start to her day ...