You probably think of your car’s catalytic converter as a forgettable chunk of metal under the chassis. Federal prosecutors say Tou Sue Vang saw it as a gold mine, orchestrating a pipeline of stolen ...

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.

Catalytic converters are devices on cars that deal with emissions. The devices are under the car, and often easy to remove ...

SEEING AN UPTICK AND SHE JOINS US FROM COLUMBIA. THIS AUTO REPAIR SHOP SAYS IT’S SEEING AN UPTICK IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT. BUT THIS ONE, SAM VELASQUEZ, IS A MECHANIC. HE SAYS THIS SUV HAD ITS ...

In 2022, thefts nationwide were 540% higher than all of 2020, public data company BeenVerified found. Thieves are slipping under cars to swipe catalytic converters, those pollution-control gadgets ...

When a viral video captures thieves sliding under a parked car and sawing off its catalytic converter in seconds, you feel how fragile your daily mobility really is. In California, where this crime ...

Junk dealers will now have to collect information from catalytic converter sellers, if they weren't already, under an amended Kansas scrap metal law signed Monday by Gov. Laura Kelly. Kelly signed ...

ST. PAUL — A bill aimed at curbing catalytic converter thefts by creating new scrap sale rules and penalties is headed back to the Minnesota House after passing in the Senate on Thursday, March 2.

SODUS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Troopers are asking the public for help to find a suspect wanted for cutting and removing a catalytic converter and taking scraped metals from a dumpster in Sodus ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A three-month undercover investigation by the Metro Police Fraud Unit resulted in the raid of a Nashville scrap metal dealer accused of buying stolen copper and catalytic ...

The surge in catalytic converter thefts could come to a screeching halt under a proposed City Council bill. Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan says he wants to prohibit scrap metal shops citywide from ...