LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The owner of a scrap metal business on Dixie Highway wants to make it harder for people who steal catalytic converters to be able to sell them for scrap. In January alone, ...

Thieves have long targeted car stereos, air bags, high-intensity headlights, even pocket change from the ashtrays. But now they are slithering under vehicles and cutting away the catalytic converters.

Across the nation, there has been a dramatic increase in catalytic converter thefts since 2019. Arizona alone saw a jump from just 142 thefts in 2020 to 2,046 in 2021 – a 1,340% increase – according ...

A Georgia man stole parts from trucks in commercial lots and was charged with selling 99 catalytic converters to a Suffolk scrap yard during two months this summer, the Queens district attorney's ...

Mot Fitzpatrick of Hilltop Tire Service in Des Moines has been working on and around cars for 25 years. So far, he said, 2021 has stood out from the other 24 in one major regard: the number of people ...

Jean Bentley is a retired nurse from St. Paul, Minnesota, who, back in January, picked up a shift at a nearby clinic that was short-staffed for the day. When her shift was over a little after 5 p.m., ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reports 18 catalytic converters have been ...

When Brian McGaffey went to move his girlfriend’s SUV from its parking spot in his Noble Square neighborhood, he heard what sounded like a rocket ship blasting off. “It hadn’t been driven for a while, ...

EDWARDSVILLE — An undercover investigation by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office has resulted in charges against an employee of an East Alton scrap metal dealer and an effort to seize 287 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two Georgia men next month will answer allegations that they illegally purchased catalytic converters in the first local use of a new law designed to stamp out the black market ...