In the good ole days, patriots railed against the mandate of catalytic converters.
Talked with someone at the 1500 yesterday who has seen a team working in Indy that has a pretty sophisticated process worked out.Trooper Arrests Two for Theft of Catalytic Converter
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Trooper Arrests Two for Theft of Catalytic Converter
Indiana State Police sent this bulletin at 08/27/2021 02:56 PM EDT
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INDIANA STATE POLICE
BLOOMINGTON DISTRICT
1500 N. Packinghouse Road, #200
Bloomington, IN 47404
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Sergeant Michael Wood
Public Information Officer
812-332-4411
DATE
Trooper Arrests Two for Theft of Catalytic Converter
Yesterday morning, Trooper Jeremy Cox had just left the Indiana State Police Post and had turned north on Woodyard Road from Vernal Pike in Bloomington when he observed suspicious activity by two men in a red Dodge truck parked alongside a black GMC SUV that was off the roadway and had been left abandoned.
Trp. Cox observed a cloud of dust coming from the GMC as Nicky D. Wright, 52 years old from Martinsville, was reaching into the fender well area of the vehicle. A second suspect, Richard P. Vanskiver, 63 years old from Martinsville, was sitting in the Dodge truck, that was parked next to the GMC. As Master Trooper Mark Clephane and Senior Trooper Kent Rohlfing arrived to assist, the investigation revealed inconsistencies with the two men's stories, damage consistent with the theft of catalytic converter along with the presence of the tools involved in the alleged theft. Both men were transported to the Monroe County Jail on the following charges,
Arrest photos may be obtained from the Monroe County Jail
- Auto Theft, Level 6 Felony (2 counts)
- Conversion, Class A Misdemeanor
- Criminal Mischief, Class A Misdemeanor
Lt. Paul Bucher, Commander of the Bloomington District, commended the work of the Troopers as this type of crime has spiked recently, "We continually see this crime occur within our community as the prices of precious metals rise and our Troopers are well trained in detecting the behaviors of suspects that prey on other people’s misfortunes." Lt. Bucher also stated, "We would like to remind the public to be vigilant of their property and report any suspicious activity alongside our roadways."
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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WOOD
More details on this, my friend?Talked with someone at the 1500 yesterday who has seen a team working in Indy that has a pretty sophisticated process worked out.
Did you check the rest of the vehicles in your lot?We've been running about 3 weeks behind at work. Finally pushed in an F150 Friday. Raised it up to pull the trans out and guess what looks freshly cut out. No idea when it happened as we're getting to the work about 3 weeks after it's been there.
Will have to deal with this on Monday and didn't feel like breaking the news to the customer about this Friday half hour before quitting time.
Yeah. That was the only 1. Mostly cars in the lot so those are much harder.Did you check the rest of the vehicles in your lot?
The theives in the OP were doing this roadside, right down the road from the state police post....It amazes me too because the shops on one of the busiest roads In the city and the police station is literally 1 block away
Brazen that's for sure.The theives in the OP were doing this roadside, right down the road from the state police post.
Brazen that's for sure.
None of the vehicles In our lot are more than 20 feet from the road and there's plenty of lighting as well. So they're highly visible
I'm sure it's a combination of bothI wonder if its like the tweeked out meth heads stealing copper? Not sure which way is up, much less where they are?
Or maybe there is a lot more catch and release going on than we hear of?
Saw a frustrating sight today.
Went to CVS to grab some ice cream for the gf. Wall up the cashier dude, greet him. He greets me,then looking past me to the door he yells "sir!" ... "Sir!" ... Then in a frustrated loudest tone "sir!!!". Naturally I turned to look the moment he started yelling. Guy had 4 Budweiser 24 packs...www.indianagunowners.com
No wonder those goons from Martinsville were all the way down here stealing cats.I saw someone at RK in Martinsville a year or 2 ago with a truckload of cats and someone else that appeared to be buying them. Called it in as suspicious activity & was hung up on, made a post about it here.
Glad to hear about thieves being arrested.
I believe that drug addiction fuels a large percentage of all thefts that occur. An addict will let nothing get in the way and their next fix.I wonder if its like the tweeked out meth heads stealing copper? Not sure which way is up, much less where they are?
Or maybe there is a lot more catch and release going on than we hear of?
Saw a frustrating sight today.
Went to CVS to grab some ice cream for the gf. Wall up the cashier dude, greet him. He greets me,then looking past me to the door he yells "sir!" ... "Sir!" ... Then in a frustrated loudest tone "sir!!!". Naturally I turned to look the moment he started yelling. Guy had 4 Budweiser 24 packs...www.indianagunowners.com
Justice served!I remember reading a year or two ago in the local news about a man who was found crushed to death under a car in Gary. The police concluded that he was stealing a converter and the jack supports he had rigged failed on him.
Was it me? By the way, welcome to INGO. Click the link below and introduce yourself to the group.Talked with someone at the 1500 yesterday who has seen a team working in Indy that has a pretty sophisticated process worked out.