On April 26, police were dispatched to a Royalton Road business after an employee discovered that catalytic converters had been stolen from four trucks. An arriving officer talked to the business ...

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Catalytic converter theft is on the rise nationwide, new data shows. In 2022, thefts nationwide were 540% higher than all of 2020, public data company BeenVerified found. Thieves are slipping under ...

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Across the country, reported catalytic converter thefts have skyrocketed in the last few years. Annual thefts of the auto part, which is tucked along the exhaust system to turn fumes from a car’s ...

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...

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 ...

Compare plans tailored to your car & budget. Catalytic converter replacement is a cost most car owners hope to avoid. Unfortunately, theft of this important car part has been more common in recent ...