An East Hartford man has pleaded guilty to participating in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring. Bryant Bermudez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and three counts of interstate transportation of stolen …
In one of his last official acts in office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker yesterday signed a bill designed to curb the theft of catalytic converters by regulating the purchase of the automobile parts by scrap metal dealers. Scrap metal buyers …
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Three Missouri men have been sentenced for their roles in the theft of tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters, which were taken to an Arkansas business as part of a multi-million-dollar scheme. Evan Marshall, 25, …
Twenty-one people in nine states were arrested and charged Nov. 2 with their roles in conspiracies to steal catalytic converters from vehicles across the country and sell them for profit. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, law enforcement from …
The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is partnering with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the Lansing Police Department (LPD), and Shaheen Chevrolet to offer motorists a free catalytic converter etching event to help combat theft. Catalytic …
U.S. District Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery in Connecticut announced the unsealing of a nine-count indictment that charges five men with federal offenses related to their participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring. The indictment, returned by a federal grand …
As the number of catalytic converter thefts has soared nationwide, one Alabama auto repair shop has begun building anti-theft cages that cover the pollution-control devices. Dean and Cory Parker, owners of Dean’s Auto & Exhaust in Daphne, Alabama, said they’ve …
State Farm said Thursday that metal thieves in search of platinum, rhodium and palladium are stealing catalytic converters in ever-greater numbers, sending auto-insurance claims soaring across the U.S. Last year, State Farm paid $62.6 million for 32,265 catalytic converter theft …
Police seized about 100 catalytic converters and arrested two people during a raid at a Baton Rouge home. Officers executing a search warrant Thursday evening arrested a 39-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman after finding the catalytic converters piled in …
Indiana Rep. Jim Baird has introduced a bill to reduce catalytic converter thefts by marking identifying information on catalytic converters, addressing how the parts are purchased, and strengthening enforceability of catalytic converter theft for local law enforcement officers, his office …
