Connecticut police say the weight and reach of the federal government is needed to hobble organized crime rings cashing in on the thriving black market for catalytic converters. converters are ...

UNION COUNTY, North Carolina -- A North Carolina man believed to have been stealing a catalytic converter was killed when the car he was under fell on him, authorities said. The Union County Sheriff's ...

Pictured, the underside of a Toyota Prius, with the catalytic converter in the middle of the image. (File photo courtesy of National Insurance Crime Bureau) The Chula Vista Police Department held an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Victory Toyota of Midtown in Chicago has more than a dozen Priuses lined up like a used car lot, but they're not for sale; they're waiting to have their catalytic converters replaced ...

GLEN BURNIE, Md. — The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), in partnership with the Maryland Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, is offering customers catalytic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Borough residents will have another opportunity to safeguard their vehicles’ catalytic converters at a theft-prevention event hosted by District Attorney Michael E. McMahon and ...

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- It only takes a few seconds for thieves to steal one of your car's more lucrative parts, leaving you thousands of dollars in debt. But one Moreno Valley man has made it ...

It’s the rough idle no Toyota Prius owner ever wants to hear. When my neighbor heard a “loud, throaty sound” from his otherwise quiet Prius one morning, he knew the catalytic converter had been stolen ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A theft-prevention event offering Staten Island residents the opportunity to safeguard their catalytic converters that was scheduled for Friday has been rescheduled to next month ...

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Catalytic converter theft isn’t anything new, but it’s a real problem many throughout the county are still facing, and the Chula Vista Police Department wants to ...

The Chula Vista Police Department held an “Engrave and Save” event Saturday in an effort to reduce catalytic converter theft. About 250 vehicles were brought in by local residents to take advantage of ...