Officers from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a recent 911 call of suspicious individuals under vehicles, possibly removing catalytic converters.
Upon their arrival at the location, officers from the Public Safety Team took swift action leading to the arrest of the perpetrators without incident and the recovery of tools used to remove the catalytic converters.
Theft of the automotive part rose an astonishing 325% nationwide between 2019 and 2020, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau while the NYPD reports that catalytic converter thefts have risen from 211 to 802 over that same period, and jumped to 3,705 in 2021.
Catalytic converters turn harmful emissions, such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide, given off by the exhaust system into less harmful gasses or water vapor. They are necessary for vehicles to pass safety and emissions inspections in many states and replacing stolen converters can cost as much as $1,500 to $3,000.
Each catalytic converter is worth more than $300 on the black market because they contain platinum, palladium and rhodium, expensive precious metals according to Consumer Reports. The current price for an ounce of rhodium costs in excess of $20,000.
Thieves can steal a catalytic converter in a minute or two, and Councilman Robert Holden is well aware of the increase in thefts in his district.
10 comments:
You can thank your lord and saviors, the dumbocrats.
Those who don’t want bail reform fixed or a secure border shouldn’t be allowed to lock their home or car. Prove Me Wrong ...
The frontal cortex is not developed on all the NYC DemOrat Sheeple voters who are to blame for this !
Hochul failed again to get NY needed criminal-justice fixes so more of this is going to happen ! Thank You DeMoRats and all the Sheeple who continue to Vote Blue No matter who !
Who’s willing to call out the utter madness of NYC lawmakers who are soft on crime ?
Crickets....
Make the punishment for stealing catalytic converters execution on the first offense.
Problem solved.
Good for them. I hate all that clean air stuff.
Give me a good old fashioned coal burner any day.
Going to get worse:
With Russia imports banned scrap copper is already up over $4.50 a pound, platinum over $1,950. Palladium is over $2400
At 15X December 2021 melt prices they are stealing every ounce the can remove.
Bidon and AOC can say goodbye to electric cars soon also.
All these e-care and scooter people are gonna be F@#ked when lithium battery's age and need replacement. --More then the cars worth
Only millionaires will afford e-cars, who makes over $250K in Queens?
Remember back in the WWII era, Germans used to say, "Yes, I'm German, but I wasn't a member of the party." Maybe it's best not to identify as a 'party member' of either side. Take the best of both (and whatever they're leaving out), think for yourself. When it's time to vote, as always, pick the lesser of two evils.
But hey Hochul just approved alcohol take-out. Priorities folks...
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