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Yesterday evening when this story broke my wife said, "There were three women arrested for stealing catalytic converters. I don't know what a catalytic converter looks like or how to steal it. How do they know how to do this?" I texted her today to tell her they were working in the fence and recycling places, not crawling under the cars. Where the cats live...5 arrested in catalytic converter investigation, businesses and individuals targeted
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – Authorities in Johnson County have entered a new phase in the fight against catalytic converter thefts by going after businesses and individuals suspected of illegally …
Let the punishment fit the crime; time to get a cutting wheel and...5 arrested in catalytic converter investigation, businesses and individuals targeted
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – Authorities in Johnson County have entered a new phase in the fight against catalytic converter thefts by going after businesses and individuals suspected of illegally …
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Stolen guns seldom make it back into the legitimate market.
So, a would-be cat thief sees the engraving and drops the Sawzall?
No. It makes the cat harder and harder to sell. Less of a market, less thefts. It's not an immediate thing. It's a systemic thing.
I thought they were robbed of certain metals, and melted down
Bubba doesn't extract the metals himself. He sells it to someone who has the means to do so and that isn't a back-yard operation. The converter has to make its way to a, more or less "legitimate" business. If not legitimate, there has to be plausible deniability. Like a pawn shop that gets caught with stolen goods. They are out the item and what they paid for it.I thought they were robbed of certain metals, and melted down
They are, but no reputable scrap yard will buy them if they appear to be stolen.I thought they were robbed of certain metals, and melted down
reputable
Yep, or as Hough said, "legitimate".
