Weird Crime: Catalytic Converter Stolen From Car
Thieves at the local mall didn't want the car - just some of it.
Recently, thieves came to the parking lot at Northlake Mall wanting a very specific car part: the catalytic converter. And they had almost no trouble getting it. Jen Burkhart told Patch that she and her 10-year-old son came outside after shopping mid-afternoon to find a security guard standing next to her Toyota 4Runner. "I thought, hmm, did I park in a handicap spot? He asked if the car was mine and I said yes," Burkhart said. "He told me someone stole my catalytic converter!" Mall security officers said they heard the sound of a saw coming from the direction of the Toyota and spotted a man underneath it. "The guy took off into the woods near Sports Authority and an accomplice was waiting," she said. Six DeKalb police cars and a …
Charles Schwable
3:55 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
This is not uncommon anymore! I used to live in Memphis, TN in 08' and this crime happens all the time for the titanium in catalytic converters, in fact while I lived there for 1 year thieves stole the converter off the church bus I would ride in. more ›