MILWAUKEE - It’s a crime committed in minutes that can cost victims thousands of dollars. Catalytic converter thieves are targeting vehicles across southeast Wisconsin. Some victims tell Contact 6 it ...

Last year, the U.S. Geological Survey proposed putting 50 minerals on a list of those critical to U.S. national security, two of them being palladium and platinum, both crucial to vehicle catalytic ...

BOSTON (CBS) - The connection between the war in Ukraine, Russian sanctions, and thefts of catalytic converters. Police in several communities say those thefts are on the rise. Catalytic converters ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Catalytic converter theft can also be extremely costly for a victim since the cost of replacing this part can be high. Operation Cut & Run: 7 arrested in connection with ...

Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise, and the crime increase is fueled by a number of factors. The New York Times reports that police are sounding the alarm on an unusual nationwide surge in ...

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- West Allis police arrested a man caught trying to steal a catalytic converter from a car lot last week. Thefts of these car parts have risen in Milwaukee and across the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Catalytic converter thefts have been plaguing central Ohio in recent months, with one local non-profit organization being hit several times with theft. LifeCare Alliance said ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston is seeing a big decline in catalytic converter thefts after a spike last year sparked new ordinances in the city. ABC13's partners at the Houston Chronicle looked at ...

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 ...

Jean Bentley is a retired nurse from St. Paul, Minnesota, who, back in January, picked up a shift at a nearby clinic that was short-staffed for the day. When her shift was over a little after 5 p.m., ...