Jun. 29—Dan Fickas, scale master at Phillips Enterprises Inc. in Livermore, is hesitant when someone tries to sell catalytic converters to the scrap and recycling center. Catalytic converters have ...

It took only a few minutes, late at night, as Harvey Briggs was asleep in his suburban Madison, Wisconsin home. Without a garage, he had a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser parked in his driveway, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The owner of a scrap metal business on Dixie Highway wants to make it harder for people who steal catalytic converters to be able to sell them for scrap. In January alone, ...

BRUNSWICK — Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reported 18 catalytic converters have been stolen ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Washington state lawmakers debated a bill Tuesday that would limit the resale of used catalytic converters to scrap dealers, to curb soaring thefts of the devices. “The increase [in thefts] ...

In the middle of the night, thieves crawl under a row of vans. One by one, they saw off the bulbous metal pollution control devices called catalytic converters. They wrap up in minutes and leave with ...