PPD has been hunting catalytic converter thieves in our city. Here's one of the busted. 👍🏽
Due to the increase in catalytic converter thefts in our city, our department has been conducting initiatives to combat this crime. Recently, our efforts were successful in apprehending a group of individuals while they were in the act of committing this crime.
Evening Shift officers responded to the Cinemark Theatre in the 2100 block of Beltway 8 in reference to a catalytic converter theft in progress. While officers were canvassing the area, a car matching the suspect vehicle’s description was located in the parking lot. Through our investigative efforts, six catalytic converters along with a total of nineteen saw blades, two reciprocating saws, two debit cards possibly belonging to victims of identity theft, and other items of evidence were recovered.
After taking these subjects in custody, two of the offenders admitted to having a prior criminal history, one of which stated he had been previously arrested for multiple counts of Theft of a Firearm, and the other claimed he was currently fighting a Murder charge.
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