June 2, 2022
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man is facing multiple theft charges after detectives found more than 1,200 catalytic converters packed into a storage unit, a case that highlights a national surge in thefts of the pricy auto parts that play …
February 23, 2021
DENVER (AP) — All Rebecca Hayes wanted were some bagels from Rosenberg’s. But when got into her 2007 Prius on recently, the usual silence of an electric vehicle was replaced by what sounded like a Harley-Davidson. “I came out in …
February 6, 2012
Auto thefts are rising now that classes are in session at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Campus police say thieves are easily entering unlocked cars and stealing iPads, parking passes, loose change and anything else that’s not secured. …
December 15, 2011
Two brothers are charged with running a Philadelphia, Pa., auto theft operation that netted dozens of cars in the last five months. Investigators say 36-year-old Alexander Ramos and 30-year-old Eduardo Ramos are each charged with 71 counts of auto theft …
August 11, 2011
Police in Hillsboro, N.H., are asking the public for information leading to the arrest of whoever is taking catalytic converters from a number of auto repair shops. Police say one shop in particular, Livingston’s, has been the focus of repeated …