Stealing catalytic converters must be some sort of an in-thing to do nowadays. It seems that there have been a number of cases involving this type of theft happening over the past few months. Take for example the two cases below.

The first case happened in San Diego when the La Mesa police were able to arrest two people who are allegedly involved in a number of catalytic converter thefts from cars and trucks. The two individuals, male and female, were arrested on Friday in La Mesa after the police officers found a heavy-duty cutting tool and one catalytic converter with them. The two arrested individuals are David Franklin Taylor a 32-year old native of San Diego and Janette Sue Rosales, 21 years old. Charges of attempted grand theft, felony vandalism, conspiracy and violation of parole were charged to Taylor while the charges of attempted grand theft, felony vandalism and conspiracy were charged to Rosales. According to La Mesa police officials, there have been about 20 cases over the past few months involving the stealing of catalytic converters in their area.

Another similar case involves two male individuals from Pikeville. Chris Parsons and David Parsons pleaded guilty to catalytic converter thefts believed by police officials to have been done in Pike and Floyd countries. The two were arrested last October after a Pikeville police officer spotted their car in Pikeville Medical Center’s parking lot. During their check, the police officers were able to find five catalytic converters and tools used to remove the said car part. As a result of their admission to the crime, David Parson will be required to spend a minimum of 10 years before he can be paroled. Chris Parson will have to serve at least 20% his sentence before being paroled.

That will make them think twice before they decide to pull a stunt like that. Well, we hope that they do end up thinking twice.

Sources: 10 News, Wsaz

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