Minnesota’s state government reportedly has earmarked $400,000 to fund a program to help more vehicle owners placed identifying markers on their catalytic converters in an attempt to thwart some ...

Nationwide in 2019 an average of 282 catalytic converters were reported stolen from vehicles each month, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). In pandemic-skewered 2020, however, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A new law meant to crack down the sales of stolen catalytic converters is already affecting the community and businesses that buy them. Starting July 1, it is illegal for scrap metal ...

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EAST ALTON, Ill. — Days after being raided by local law enforcement, the owner of a Metro East scrap yard has closed his business. The raid happened in Madison County - near East Alton and Wood River.

BRIGHTON, N.Y. – The Brighton Police Department teamed up with Metalico-Rochester to hand out catalytic converter ID kits on Saturday. The event was held in response to an uptick in catalytic ...

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 ...

Catalytic converter thieves appear to be getting more brazen as reports of the thefts continue to increase across the country, according to law enforcement. In one recent incident, office workers in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - In the tiny town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, a van owned by Poplar Mount Baptist Church was knocked out of commission for weeks after thieves cut the catalytic converter out of ...

WORCESTER — Thefts of catalytic converters, a car part that limits the release of harmful exhaust, are skyrocketing. “They’re cleaning out the city,” said Rick Ramstrom, owner of Ramstrom’s Service ...

If you start your car one morning and hear a loud roar when you hit the gas pedal, you might have been robbed. That disturbing sound could signal that a thief has cut out the catalytic converter, a ...

If you start your car one morning and hear a loud roar when you hit the gas pedal, you might have been robbed. That disturbing sound could signal that a thief has cut out the catalytic converter, a ...