Connecticut police say the weight and reach of the federal government is needed to hobble organized crime rings cashing in on the thriving black market for catalytic converters. converters are ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Alan Bucknam’s teenage child started the Toyota 4Runner to drive to school, it sounded like a Harley Davidson revving up. “I figured either the muffler ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – After KSN reported a significant rise in stolen catalytic converters, Wichita police responded with a strategy they hope will curb the crime. “We have probably had seven stolen ...

HOUSTON — Houston's city council could vote as soon as next Wednesday to stop the resale of catalytic converters. Thieves have been targeting the car part to get at the precious metals inside. And ...

The attorney general of Kansas has added catalytic converters to a list of scrap materials whose sale to a dealer must be forwarded to a Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) database. Attorney General ...

According to KSTP, St. Paul police recorded 97 catalytic converter thefts by the end of February 2026, up from 60 at the same ...

Law enforcement agencies across Minnesota say they are ready to tap into a new resource meant to help victims of stolen cars and stolen car parts — a centralized database that records sales at scrap ...

When Alan Bucknam’s daughter started the Toyota 4Runner to drive to school, it sounded like a Harley Davidson revving up. “I figured either the muffler fell off or the catalytic converter was taken ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz Tuesday signed a piece of legislation that should make it harder to sell stolen catalytic converters in Minnesota. In fact, it will make it a crime to possess a detached ...

MARYLAND (WBFF) — The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration is offering customers catalytic converter labels at no charge to deter catalytic theft and improve the chances ...

Junk dealers will now have to collect information from catalytic converter sellers, if they weren't already, under an amended Kansas scrap metal law signed Monday by Gov. Laura Kelly. Kelly signed ...