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 ...

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 ...

Thieves target this pricey exhaust system part for its precious metalsBy Benjamin PrestonThe good news: Catalytic converter ...

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 ...

When thinking about costly parts of your car to replace, the catalytic converter may not come to the top of your list. Depending, it could be quite costly. When thinking about costly parts of your car ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Chicago resident Sam Horvath set out for an early morning yoga class the day after the Fourth of July, she turned the ignition on her 2004 Honda CR-V and heard an eerily familiar noise. Instead ...

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 ...