WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- West Allis police arrested a man caught trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car lot last week. Thefts of these car parts have risen in Milwaukee and across the ...

Catalytic converter thefts have been on the rise over the last few years and show no signs of slowing down, as the prices of the precious metals that they contain continue to skyrocket. According to ...

Suzann Beckett and her daughter had a tough introduction to a rising crime trend recently. Beckett’s daughter had parked her 2009 Toyota Prius in the street outside their home in Hartford’s West End.

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., ...

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, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Thieves are targeting a certain car part that can get them some quick cash. Authorities say thefts of catalytic converters are becoming a big problem across the Lowcountry.

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 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Attorney General has decided that catalytic converters are covered under the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act and are required to be reported when sold to a scrap metal ...

The theft of catalytic converters is nothing new, but high prices of the precious metals they contain and a global pandemic are combining to make things worse than ever. Although national numbers are ...

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 ...