Posted on 03/04/2022 8:35:10 AM PST by real saxophonist
Jefferson County Homeowner Shot At While Stopping 2 Suspects From Stealing Catalytic Converter
By Jack Lowenstein
March 4, 2022
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) — Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of an attempted theft that involved shots fired at a home Friday morning.
According to Jeffco Sheriff, around 6:15 a.m. a homeowner in the 8300 block of S Allison Street confronted two suspects who were attempting to steal a catalytic converter on their property. The homeowner intervened, and a physical altercation took place, where the homeowner likely grabbed one of the suspects, and the second one pulled a gun and fired a single shot that missed.
After the encounter, both suspects got away in a silver 4-door Honda. They are described as white males, who are both 6-feet tall. One was described to have red hair, the other brown hair. They were wearing dark clothing.
The suspects were seen heading eastbound on W Chatfield Avenue in the suspect vehicle.
Obviously selling the converters isn’t very hard:
Catalytic Converter Thefts More Than Quadrupled in 2021
https://www.beenverified.com/data-analysis/...
We’ve seen them stealing copper wire from lamp posts and other things.
Actually it was proposed here in WA - thefts gone way up including having a buddy with a gun (shown on news video’s).
But there are a lot of precious metals, especially platinum, involved.
Explain the vin part. They don’t stamp vins onto cats and they often use the same cat over carious models and years.
Dunno, you’ll have to ask the legislator about that; aren’t they serialized? Well whatever.
Maybe they know how to strip the metals out and have a market for that? so they don’t have to present the whole gizmo...
Think about your plane. Does every part have the same number?
Good idea; but you’d think some dealers would question when someone brings in five or a dozen.
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Depends on the dealer, I guess. Or, there’s just a big black market.
But no ID to vote. That would be racist.
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