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Additional catalytic converter theft investigated

By Brian Hagen

08/03/2021

(KAIR)--Another catalytic converter is stolen in Atchison.

That’s according to a report from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie.

The report states that an Atchison woman, on Sunday afternoon, “reported the theft of a catalytic converter from her 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander.” The vehicle was stolen while it was parked at the woman’s residence, located in the 4200 block of Ottawa Road.

Laurie estimates the value of the theft at $500, and says the investigation is ongoing.

The theft of catalytic converters in the Atchison area has been noted in recent months, with the Atchison Police Department in June reporting that seven such thefts had occurred in Atchison so far this year, with a total of ten catalytic converter thefts reported in all of 2020.

According to an NPR report in April, the theft of catalytic converters has been on the rise across the U.S., with the National Insurance Crime Bureau saying that over the last three years, there’s been a tenfold increase in such thefts, partly blamed on the rising cost of the valuable metals used to manufacture them.

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