The thieves did it to a guy working at a grocery store a couple of miles from where I am right now.
Stoke it from his truck.
While he was working.
Gee, how many people would not had their cat stolen in a six month timeframe, maybe only spend six months investigating next time.....
They were recycling. Seems anti-environmental to shut it down.
Pass a law for deadly force against vehicle tampering.
so it took a year.....
The police of today are not the police of yesterday year.
Dragnet is long long ago.
Today’s police or a little more than revenue agents.
Unless White people are involved it will be racist for anyone to do jail time or to even call this a crime. Catalytic converters are inherently racist and inequitable.
Also charge the fences for all the carbon credits lost per vehicle for not having a catalytic converter.
The manufacturers need to mark each convertor as they did with auto glass and stereos to make them difficult to resell.
In the interim, install an aftermarket bypass pipe; pop out your cat, drive around for a year, put the cat in for inspection if your state has it, and then put the bypass pipe back in until next year's inspection.