Sheriff: Man killed while trying to steal catalytic converter near Zebulon

WRAL News ^ | 01/26/22 | WRAL

[House Atreides]

He would have been better off not bonding out on his December arrest.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/nash-county-man-stole-30k-in-logging-equipment-from-tree-business-sheriffs-office-says/

[Reno89519]

They should prosecute the companies buying these stolen catalytic converters unless they can show proof of legal ownership.

[drSteve78]

..as one of my former co-workers loved to say, there is NO cure for stupid.....

Actually, only partly true. There is no cure for Living stupid. But dead stupid is a terminal cure.

[drSteve78]

Geez, must not have been wearing his Apple watch, or iPhone wasn’t handy. Poverty kills. Also, he forgot the Buddy System.

[showme_the_Glory]

I have seen a few where they unknowingly cut off a muffler or resonator instead of the cat. Stupid is as…….

[Bob434]

Agreed, likely they sell them or small garages, or through the black market. Another big theft is copper. Criminals will,crawl under houses that have been shut down for the winter months, and steal the copper pipes and wires.

[libertylover]

What is their value. Asking for a friend.

I just looked up the parts house cost for a catalytic converter for my 2012 VW Jetta Sportwagen and it's $945.95.

There are some cheaper ones in the $350 range but they are "some fabrication required".

Then there's the installation costs.

[DannyTN]

I hate having to tow my car, only to find out that a dead guy was trying to steal my catalytic converter.

[Lee25]

Ever since I know about this kind of thieves, I realized there will be a lot of jack malfunctionings in the process

[Boogieman]

They are scrapping them for the precious metals like platinum and palladium that the converters contain.

[Deaf Smith]

As I have told many people over the years that want to just use a hydrolic jack to hold up a vehicle, the only thing holding is a o-ring.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Why didn’t he gnaw off his torso like you read about in so many amazing survival stories?

[Kartographer]

The guys name didn’t happen to be Wile E. Coyote?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

And the car maker (too heavy, insufficient ground clearance) and the concrete company (driveway too hard).

[4yearlurker]

About a year ago I had a new Cat Converter put on my 2013 Jeep Compass,1,700 dollars parts and labor.

[wny]

another COVID death.....

[RainMan]

IIRC the honeycomb mesh is used in the production of Meth

[ml/nj]

stuck pinned underneath the car on U.S. Route 64 at Debnam Road in Zebulon.

They should leave everything in place until the insects are done with him.

ML/NJ

[RandallFlagg]

Thiefburger.
He done got ground up.

[Yo-Yo]

That's what you get for buying your jack stands at Harbor Freight.