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 ...

It took only a few minutes, late at night, as Harvey Briggs was asleep in his suburban Madison, Wisconsin home. Without a garage, he had a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser parked in his driveway, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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., ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The skyrocketing value of the precious metals inside catalytic converters has launched a massive black market industry where thieves are cashing in on a ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reports 18 catalytic converters have been ...

If you start your car one morning and hear a loud roar when you hit the gas pedal, you might have been robbed. That disturbing sound could signal that a thief has cut out the catalytic converter, a ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — Three people were arrested this week in an investigation in part stemming from the theft of catalytic converters. Muncie police on Tuesday responded to a report of intruders staying at ...

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.