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, ...

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 ...

CARVER (CBS) – Carver police say someone is stealing expensive car parts to sell off as scrap metal. Two people had the catalytic converters taken off their SUV's in Carver Center's public parking ...

Boardman police are investigating catalytic converter thefts from as many as eight vehicles, including motor homes stored in ...

Thieves have long targeted car stereos, air bags, high-intensity headlights, even pocket change from the ashtrays. But now they are slithering under vehicles and cutting away the catalytic converters.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- This Honda sounds as if it doesn't have a muffler -- but what's really missing is a catalytic converter. "So they cut this off," explains Isaac Ngandwe, "they cut this off on both ...

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 ...