UNION COUNTY, North Carolina -- A North Carolina man believed to have been stealing a catalytic converter was killed when the car he was under fell on him, authorities said. The Union County Sheriff's ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Victory Toyota of Midtown in Chicago has more than a dozen Priuses lined up like a used car lot, but they're not for sale; they're waiting to have their catalytic converters replaced ...

Police in Berkeley are searching for suspects who stole a catalytic converter and pulled a gun on the car's owner.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Catalytic converter theft isn’t anything new, but it’s a real problem many throughout the county are still facing, and the Chula Vista Police Department wants to ...

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 ...

Pictured, the underside of a Toyota Prius, with the catalytic converter in the middle of the image. (File photo courtesy of National Insurance Crime Bureau) The Chula Vista Police Department held an ...

Catalytic converters play a vital role in reducing the amount of harmful emissions a car produces, and most modern combustion vehicles are legally required to have one. However, they contain various ...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a family-run catalytic converter theft ring that brought in more than $38 million, federal officials announced this week. In a ...

Officials are using the recent arrest of a group of catalytic converter thieves to remind residents thefts of the car parts are on the rise. On Dec. 9, at approximately 2:10 a.m., SMPD officers ...

Three years ago, thieves stole a staggering 8,591 catalytic converters from New York City vehicles. But since 2022, police, prosecutors and even state lawmakers have taken steps to solve the problem — ...

Reports of catalytic converter thefts in Fresno dropped by 60% after federal authorities arrested a man who was selling thousands of the stolen car part for a profit of more than $2.5 million. Federal ...