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, ...

Motorists across the U.S. are increasingly being met with a roaring noise when they turn on the ignition due to surging thefts of catalytic converters, law enforcement officials say. The devices look ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s a car part so valuable that it’s driving some people to steal. As the price of precious metals has soared, area law enforcement say they’ve seen more reported thefts of the ...

A Georgia man stole parts from trucks in commercial lots and was charged with selling 99 catalytic converters to a Suffolk scrap yard during two months this summer, the Queens district attorney's ...

EDWARDSVILLE — An undercover investigation by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office has resulted in charges against an employee of an East Alton scrap metal dealer and an effort to seize 287 ...

HOUSTON — As the price of metals is rising, so is the number of catalytic converter thefts. Few places in the Houston area are immune to the crime, which can cost car owners thousands of dollars to ...

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., ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two Georgia men next month will answer allegations that they illegally purchased catalytic converters in the first local use of a new law designed to stamp out the black market ...

The surge in catalytic converter thefts could come to a screeching halt under a proposed City Council bill. Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan says he wants to prohibit scrap metal shops citywide from ...

Suzann Beckett and her daughter had a tough introduction to a rising crime trend recently. Beckett’s daughter had parked her 2009 Toyota Prius in the street outside their home in Hartford’s West End.