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, ...

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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.

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.

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, ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — Central Indiana authorities are entering a new phase in the fight against catalytic converter theft by delivering a warning about current laws to businesses that purchase the ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) teamed up with a local car dealer to etch unique ID’s on a critical car part to prevent bad guys from wanting to steal them. “I have my cars done.

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 ...

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 ...

It's become a fear many Houstonians have when they leave a vehicle unattended: Is a thief coming to crawl underneath and saw off the catalytic converter? Catalytic converter thefts have soared in ...