Locals nabbed for converter thefts

[Lubener]

It's always good when these thieves are caught. It would be easy to I.D. this guy.

https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/02...s-wanted-multiple-catalytic-converter-thefts/

 

[Kjmack]

Wonder if he was employed ?

 

[Sayjac]

OMG, I couldn't really tell the details of the man's face from the thumbnail pic., then I clicked on link..... yikes. No surprise drugs involved here. smh.

Sometimes instant karma takes care of the converter thief, saving the taxpayers future costs. The link shows one such case I recently heard about.

https://www.wral.com/sheriff-man-ki...al-catalytic-converter-near-zebulon/20100729/

 

[RitcheyRch]

Wish could cut their arms off with the same equipment used to cut the converters off with.

 

[wings&wheels]

That's sad...it's people like that who give face tattoos a bad name.....

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Car thieves are just scum.

A special kind of hated.. catalytic converter thieves, "disliked" for sure, but stealing your car is a special kind of hated.

 

[slo town]

If that guy got caught where I live, there are areas in the county where he’d simply disappear, his stinking body buried, never to be seen again. I love it here.

Scott

 

[Gimpy1]

1 down 10000000000000 to go. Now he will go to jail for a bit and teach others how to do it. Jail/prison is where criminals go to be better criminals.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

OMG!!! Those photos. What is that saying? "Every picture tells a story!?" I'd call that a tragic story.

 

[Duffyjr]

I"m kind of a "to each their own" guy but it makes me wonder the thinking behind getting a tattoo on your face.

 

[KGMtech]

This type of theft is so common in Canada as well, what perplexes me is why the cats are so easy to sell? If the insurance companies that are covering (most common scenario) the replacement don't start screaming at the police / elected officials to clamp down on the auto recyclers who take these cats from the meth heads the problem will never end.

 

[JustinH]

I monitor a few cameras for my employer.

We have had entire pickup trucks stolen out of the gated lot. We have had cats cut off ford trucks in a gated lot. Start batteries stolen from generators. Hitches taken from trucks. Spare tires stolen from trucks.

The latest incident was copper thiefs taking generator wiring and AC copper tubing.

When we had the stuff rewired, we had to sink the conduit in concrete forms to prevent theft again.

The average thief doesn't care about the camera, they come on a bicycle and take what they want, and move along.

 

[wings&wheels]

OMG!!! Those photos. What is that saying? "Every picture tells a story!?" I'd call that a tragic story.

Close look yields a swastika on the skull tattoo...not sure I want to hear the story..

 

[dishdude]

Wonder if he was employed ?

Clearly he was self employed, a real go getter!

 

[brianl703]

Clearly he was self employed, a real go getter!

...love to work at nothing all day, taking care of business...

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

I monitor a few cameras for my employer.

We have had entire pickup trucks stolen out of the gated lot. We have had cats cut off ford trucks in a gated lot. Start batteries stolen from generators. Hitches taken from trucks. Spare tires stolen from trucks.

The latest incident was copper thiefs taking generator wiring and AC copper tubing.

When we had the stuff rewired, we had to sink the conduit in concrete forms to prevent theft again.

The average thief doesn't care about the camera, they come on a bicycle and take what they want, and move along.

that is when it is time to hire the doberman gang of security attack dogs and forget to hang the danger signs!

 

[Hall]

1 down 10000000000000 to go. Now he will go to jail for a bit and teach others how to do it. Jail/prison is where criminals go to be better criminals.

Discussion I had with my daughter and her boyfriend after his Honda Element had the catalytic converter stolen for the 2nd time is make it illegal for scrap yards to buy these or certainly make it a lot more difficult. Muffler or auto repair shops can get waivers, of course. And yes, I know folks can replace their own converters and have a legitimate need to recycle them for money but I haven't thought that far ahead.... . Heh, require proof of receipt for a new/replacement converter ? That would be an issue for someone that simply removed their converter, yeah, but it's also technically an EPA violation, is it not ? If you go that route, sorry, you don't get the benefit of recycling your converter.

 

[Wolf359]

Clearly he was self employed, a real go getter!

Yes, a motivated, ambitious, results oriented, energetic, resourceful, methodical, team player type of guy.

 

[JavierH19]

something 12 gauge oughta do the trick to that thing.

 

[Rhymingmechanic]

It would be easy to I.D. this guy.

That's how nature says "Danger: Keep Away."
It clearly doesn't work for everyone, though.