ST. PAUL — New rules aimed at fighting a recent surge in catalytic converter thefts are set to go into effect this summer under a bill signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz Thursday, March 16. Starting on ...

Thieves have been sawing off catalytic converters from the undersides of cars and selling the precious metals inside them. But there’s another type of catalytic crime going on. Some businesses have ...

Another form of protection is a cage – covers or guards – that fit over the catalytic converter. This is a metal cage that encircles the catalytic converter. Like etching, it does not stop the thieves ...

Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught people in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car Saturday. Tragically, one of the thieves, according to ...

It takes three minutes for the average thief to steal your car or truck's catalytic converter. And it costs as much as $1,000 to replace.A crime wave of catalytic converter thefts hit Santa Cruz in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three members of a California family admitted to roles in a ring that shipped stolen catalytic converters, which contain lucrative precious metals, to New Jersey, prosecutors said. By Johnny Diaz ...