Behind bars: Prolific catalytic converter thief taken off the streets
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- A Phoenix man who has been booked into Maricopa County Jail a dozen times is sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for his involvement in what authorities are calling the "catalytic converter theft epidemic."
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12 Mugs???? They need to give this criminal more years. Arizona 👎🏾
Right, 7 years is nothing to these guys. It is a vacation to be away with all his friends, eating good, worki g out, and playing cards with his buddies and all the new friends he'll make, in 5 years he will be back at it as is proven because the first two short terms did nothing to him.
What are you wanting? Lol it’s not that serious… he didn’t kill someone
@@JessicaRodriguez-zy5gz No, he just threatened to while committing a felony. It IS that serious. He deserves 10+, because he doesn't belong in civilized society.
@@JessicaRodriguez-zy5gz You are the problem!!
That’s red states for you soft on crime!
The balls on this guy. He threatened a homeowner (while trying to steal the homeowners property). He should get another 7 years just for the threat alone!
The penalties are way too lenient. Obviously.
I think that in the case of this particular kind of theft, chopping the hands off a thief would not be out of order.
@@descendedmastery4217 Knowing our system, the home owner would of got more years then the thief
He’ll probably only do half the time too.
@@nynative137 Keep spreading MSM propaganda, nerd.
Blame the system for settling him free so many times.
@@esterhernandez5173 🤍🤍🤍 bless your heart
The system.....what system?🤣
It's not a violent crime the big issue is the drugs flooding this country driving people to do things like this.
You can thank daddy Biden for that
I counted 12 mugshots.
That’s ridiculous.
I had mine stolen from a hotel in Lansing, MI and it cost me 1200 to replace! They also need to go after the bastards that buy them!!!!
I'm just wondering why this Dude is still alive?
Sentence is too light.
@Bloated Bastard Your kind accounts for the most gruesome crimes in the country.
WAAAAAAY TO LIGHT....
A bullet can fix this
It’s feel like a week for me…….
@@rottingravensblood9106 i think that might be tooo much.. on second thought.... f*** it nobody is gonna miss him..
Scrap metal dealers should be charged with the same sentence as the catalytic converter thief because the scrap metal dealer is also making money off the stolen catalytic converter. This is the equivalent of going into a bank and the teller giving the thief money out of someone's bank account without the owner of the bank account knowing that money has been stolen out of his/her account.
"this is the equivalent to" I bet you LOVE saying that. 🤣 cringe af
The scrap metal dealers are just doing business. they aren't the ones stealing the scrap.
Scrap dealers know what they're doing...
@@ghostfrieza2904 lol how’s it cringe?
@@keithroberts2440 don't waste your time. This is clearly a child.
Give the scrap yards a $10,000 fine per catalytic converter bought from anyone who is not a licensed auto dismantler or owns a mechanic shop.
So you want to make it illegal for me to sell my catalyst? Go to hell. Instead why not execute the thieves?
but they wont do it
Just pull their permits and declare the land a crime scene- SHUT them down
Then you will have criminals selling to the people with the license and they will just throw them in with the legit ones they have in a pile and no one will ever know the difference
The corruption runs to deep to really stop anything illegal that there's big money in
He deserves at least 20 years
He deserves life in prison because he threatened the home owner with a gun
Yep 👍. They're not getting mine though. Unless the thief is 3 inches thick 😂 Id like to see him cut one off a vette.
@@treeman2660 They'll cut someone else's . The punishment is minor , that's why they go back to it after jail . Punishment needs to be much harder. I'd throw them all on a deserted island and give them fish hooks to catch food.
@@treeman2660 A good theft crew has floor jacks for just that...
He should serve 1 year for every converter he stole.
15 years would of been a better sentence, because of his prior convictions, which some include violent gun crimes. That attorney is what's wrong with the justice system.
First, let;s kill all the lawyers; Mark Twain
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Attorney who let real criminals go along with some criminals Judges for not jailing
Don’t blame the attorney for doing his job well.
Blame the system.
So we can change it.
Public execution is appropriate.
DON'T LET THEM OUT OF JAIL. Freaking losers. Don't want to work. Keep them in jail and make him work for food
Puny human real strong with keyboard huh 🤔
@@javairflorez7889 comment hit close to home huh lmfaoo
@@javairflorez7889 Thives are losers, go out of jail to steal and threaten people with weapons shows the type of loser he is.
Do you want to work?
@@ben3462 I do work I live fair life and I'm nice and fair to others
I hope this guy never makes it out of prison
This is so sad that one animal can do all this damage and there is no real penalty.
the penalty is to the community thats forced to put up with him. the rest of us lose our rights to safety so judges can let this guy out so he can work on his next 12 mugshot poses
He'll be out in half that time. Too lenient!!
This guys deserve no remorse. Lock them up for at least 20 years.
For life we don't want that kind of people out in the streets they worthless
7 1/2 years?!!!! Wtf?!!!!! This dude is never gonna change. And then he threatened someone’s life and ONLY gets 7 1/2 years. I will NEVER understand how some people have such good luck.
7 years is a long time
@@Maskedman167 no it’s not..
Only 5 1/2 years in jail @02:50
With good behavior, probably around 3 years in jail.
@@Maskedman167 7 years ? Haha.
He should be sentences to life
It took me 2 months to replace my stolen catalytic converter due to supply shortages. After it was replaced, the check engine did not go away. They somehow damaged the cables going to the cpu and it had to be completely replaced. Another month of wait for the part. These thieves are a plague and they have to be dealt with more heavily. Especially the assholes buying all of these stolen goods.
Don't hate the player, hate the game pal, those converters go for almost 1k a pop. All those metals are going up in price, which makes your cars a prime target. If you can't handle the problems and risks that come with your vehicles, sell them and walk.
@@bryanx5829 if i heard someone have this take in real life, I would have to fight hard against the urge to slap them in to an unconscious state. gtfo bro, you're probably one of these scumbags out here robbing people.
You just got scam that’s it
The real thieve here is whoever fixed your car
The cat is probably aftermarket and not the correct size
Damaged wires would have been seen when welding the new cat in and they should have told you
@@bryanx5829 That's the stupidest shit I have heard in a long time. There's no player or games here. It's theft and dude is gonna do 7 years in jail. That's why my neighbor shot the guy who was stealing his catalytic converter. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
It's the junk yards that buys these stolen goods from these petty thieves who need to be put in jail and throwing away the keys
It's grand theft, and he was using a gun
Scrap dealers buying these stolen converters are just as guilty of the crime, and need to be held accountable. Easier fix than chasing and hopefully catching the thief doing the stealing. With no buyer, this stealing would dry up in a split second.
I agree
Yep. No market, no theft.
@@Ant0417 no doubt
Very fuckin* true
You all hit the dumb dumb branch on the way down
I am totally fed up with all of these thieving bastard's stealing from honest, hardworking people. Stop coddling these "POS" thieves and make the sentence a 20 year minimum, you can't say that wouldn't be a deterrent!
I agree. It's a very small part of the population that keep doing the same crimes over and over again.
It's the same with every criminal. Libs refuse to punish them or lock them up.
We should let the floor jack drop on them under the car as punishment. Let everyone watch especially their family, their parents and their wife and kids can see how much of a scum they are when they die
No..the judge is waiting until he kills somebody,,,thats the law.
How abou an award for capturing the thieves red handed? Let the fun begin. Dead or alive.
I hope these thieves are being prosecuted to the fullest. I’m sick and tired of working my ass off just to have my property taken.
I hear ya brother.
Yea right…
Then spot making it so easy to steal, the reason you people get robbed to begin with is because of the opportunities you civies give to these thieves, you literally do it to yourselves.
@@bryanx5829 so tell me, genius, how else can a person lock up their home or car? We lock what we can.
calm down Francis.
Clearly hasn’t learned in the past. Stop giving people like him more and more chances, it just hurts the rest of the public
I live in a big city, and I literally can hear people driving with no catalytic converter, it sounds like a plane from WW2.
😭😭😭😭😆😆😆
@PogChamp it won’t hurt a car at all without one but they won’t pass a smog test and they’re very expensive to replace
@@MrPrush-ji4gs and alot of places you can get a ticket for things such as noise ordinance rule violations
The cops don't really mind, I guess they know about the theft problem. It's really expensive to get a replacement, so people just keep truckin'. I think carbon monoxide could pose a risk for the people inside the car. Man, it's sad really.
@@JessicaRodriguez-zy5gz you're next 😂
I feel as sorry for him as for the piece of s*** I flushed down the toilet this morning
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Now that was some funny shit! L.o.l.
Give him 200 year so people think twice before they commit any kind of theft.
Yes, let his life be an example to the rest. I agree 👍
@Wildlife Warrior thats not true. if you make it a example or change the law and put it on TV crime rate will shoot down. the reason why they are continuing to do it is because in most cases they wont be investigaed or prosecuted. its a slap on the wrist for criminals because its not a homicide case. thats why criminals dont fear and dont care. its simple logic. If you made it law that people who steal cats and get caught get over 50 years. i bet you the number will decrease by tmr. that shit aint fken worth it. but what we are now we are too fken soft. our leaders are the problem.
Bro, can we just lock this guy up forever please
He had the nerves to point a gun at someone when he’s taking something of theirs, the nerve.
Which he had no rights to anyone else's property.
Someone needs to get all his kids some caskets ASAP because their next in line in the future. FACTS
@@senilejoe7932 ain’t nothing Mexi-nothing with that foo, he’s straight 💯 🇺🇸
Thats what criminals do
@@senilejoe7932 another outstanding Biden-American
Make an example and give him 50 years.
Minimum 25 years no possible porolle
LOL
Even Pedophiles don’t get 50 years so why should he be given 50 years?
@@mr.chocolate3721 All thieves are scum so 50 years is about right. Pedos get killed in prison so don't worry.
Dead sentence sounds a lot better
We dont need this kind of people here
I don't understand why they would even let him out after all of those convictions he has had
Someone bail him out with that stolen goods
Because our system is bullshit. They want him to brutalize and murder multiple people in order to keep him locked up.
Have you ever gone outside?
One word: 'woke'
It cost more money to keep them in jail. FACTS.
Why is he out on the streets to begin with??? He'll be out of prison in 2 years.
It’s society’s fault! He can’t make it in this racist America! Let’s give this dreamer another shot. I see a future lawyer or doctor in him.
This is a very light sentence! He should be doing a straight 20 year sentence, for habitual career criminal activity!
Arresting these thieves and giving them a stiff sentence will not stop this crime, there are many others like him. Law enforcement needs to go after the buyers and auto shop owners who knowingly sell stolen CAT's.
There are laws on the books which require that people selling used CAT's have to be properly identified which includes a written record of their identification. The buyers and auto shop owners are ignoring the law, for obvious reasons.
They shot be shot dead
Just gotta kill them all off.
The problem with your plan is they will just get a container fill it was stolen cats and ship it to China .
Not every state is the same. Some don't require any proof, but you can only turn in 1 a day. So they go through loopholes and hire people to distribute them all over the city at different places every day.
Well, what no one really talks about is that only the small time thieves sell them to scrap yards. The biggest thieves just process them on their own & sell the metals to a precious metal dealer, completely bypassing the scrap yard all together. That is the most profitable way because they are so easy to process.
When people commit crimes that really effect people's day to day. That is unforgivable. You potentially steal a person's converter, when they have rent, kids, or house to pay and then ruin the day possibly month because they can't afford to replace the converter, just to have it stolen again. Probably worst if that person depends on the car to make a living.
I lost 3 weeks of work and thousands to replace it after it got stolen from my work truck. they destroyed me financially.
@@FreedOrDieTrying I feel you brotha. Depending where you live a car is a must.
Mine got stolen from under my truck that had 2. I've got 4 kids and my truck had been parked in my front yard for 4weeks while saving for a transmission. The day it arrived and was towing it to the mechanic was when I figured it out. I can't even begin to say what it's doing to us. I wish I would of caught the guy who did it in the act. It almost cost my son from his end of the year field trip too. I don't do credit cards. Never had one. So I had to borrow the money from family to pay for it. The stress from it all is not ok. Just because some junkie doesn't want to work to pay for their dope of choice.
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@@robbiepeterson5929 How much did that cats end up costing you in dollars?
If you give him 7.5 years, keep him in there for 7.5 years, no parole for "good behavior," keep. him. in. there. for. a. full. sentence. Please and thank you.
nobody forced him to do drugs and a armed junky should be put away for a long time,justified sentence
No, not justified. He should be put away for life.
Yes
They need to take the asphalt temperature challenge.
Yes
the war on drugs creates this crime
Give him 25 to 40 years.....
@Bloated Bastard You're under every comment making death threats! You're a youtube comment section warrior, you are not tough! You will never kill someone, and you will certainly never beat someone in a fight, cut the act and leave the work to the real.
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Got off easy, 7 years means he'll be out in about 9 months.
I'm ok with 2nd chances, but at some point they just need to be put down no matter how serious the crime is.
Hopefully he will get out and shoot a city official over stealing their catalytic converter
In prison it's usually half the time if the board approves it..
Allowing him to do that for so long makes Arizona justice system look weak I feel sorry for the people who live there in Ohio he would have been beaten
Gotta be people buying them illegally - investigate those too
They do, a whole bunch were arrested and charged a while back.
They have to find who is buying them and arrest them. If no one can buy them then I hope they will stop stealing them. They know who is buying them.
oh stahp
You’re presuming they’re being sold in the US…
That's basically what they need to do but it's a black market for them so its gonna be harder
It's not really the cat itself they are selling they are selling the rare metals inside it such as platinum and rhodium there is more i bleive but When stripped down it gets difficult to identify if its stolen or even a cat
@@xamyx2205 You watch too many movies.
Also have them confessed whose buying the stolen converters and give harsher sentences to the idiots buying stolen goods!!! SET AN EXAMPLE!!
And set examples of all the dirty cops and politicians while they're at it!
@@numbone lmao hahhahaha
Fair sentence but has priors so basically a minimum sentence for those charges . They could probably bring more charges against him for the gun crimes .
a fair sentence is lethal injection
Not fair enough, his family should be terrorized untill they leave the state
Put him on a work farm and make them grow their food. No entertainment or meds unless they can pay. You know, like the real world!!
They did put gun charges on him? Did u watch the video???
Not really fair sentence ... more like normal sentence for the charges ...
They should have left him to rot in prison years ago. Once he’s out he’ll probably kill somebody
He probably has killed people
Cut a hand off- problem solved
They should do it like the old days.
Chopping their hands off for stealing. Bet you they won't do it after that.
Today society is too fken soft. look at San Francisco, California. there are laws that protect criminals, they rob and do criminal activity in broad daylight. i kid you not. New York too.
You mean how they currently still do it in the middle east.
He claims that he was actually installing the catalytic converter, but inadvertantly read the instructions backward.
Should be legal to 'pop' anyone caught stealing converters.
It is, as long as the cops never get called. No body, no crime.
I will never understand killing someone for an insured asset - so odd. Plus, a lot of people say what they would do if put in that position - but most freeze or run anyway 😂😭
Know one should ever take a life that’s biblical so I don’t think killing someone is answer lock them away for 10+years
@@sagalahmed8876 That's because you don't understand the men who built this country, they followed the law of nature and justice. You are a migrant picking the bones clean of something you didn't build.
@@joannewisher7300 I agree but they won't hesitate to take yours if you catch them in act of stealing your property. Those drug addicts will stop committing a crime when they no longer breathe. Nothing else will stop them.
That is not an AR-15, it is a Mossberg 715T, which is a .22lr Mossberg 705 in a plastic case. #notruthinreporting
Good eye. Surprised they didn’t call it a fully automatic assault rifle.
This happened to my same car twice. When I first got it and then when I loaned it to my dad. My father felt really bad when it happened cause I was trying to help him out with loaning him my car. I told him it wasn’t his fault. Just evil people
Fool you once....why didn't you put a cage on it after the first time???
What kind of car, Toyota Prius
Aggravated assault, grand larceny felony possession of firearms and only 7 1/2 years?
Use their saw to cut off their arm or leg. Seems like equity.
good idea!!
@Bloated Bastard LOL
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Eric Hernandez is the type of person that society does not need. Lock him up and keep him away from the rest of society!
New Eric Hernandez's are coming across the border everyday. Slowly turning America into another third world sh*t-hole, and Joe Biden says "you're welcome".
Give him life with no tacos lol 😆 😂 🤣
The fact that he had a 22 long rifle as his weapon of choice is everything I need to know about him
Thank god, I was looking for this comment.☝️☝️☝️
I mentioned this further up in the chat, but I guess the channel deleted my comment cause I mentioned the "media", whilist stating they're lack of knowledge to the point, that was in fact, NOT AN AR15... Mossberg Model 715t, 22. Cal.
But ooooo how the media LOVES the AR15...🤦♂️
It would take 30 rounds to even Kill somebody
That’s the Media for you #Propaganda
@FJoe Biden Its actually a plastic shell that splits down the middle. It has the same caliber, but different model firearm for internals. So u really not too far off.
My catalytic converter got stolen January 2022 and it took 8 MONTHS to replace! I'm glad this guy got caught.
No it is not a fair sentence, to be fair he would have to make every one of his victims financially hole and undo all the unnecessary expenses to the environment every car that got totaled would have to be replaced plus a fine for forcing those cars off the road long before they were used up . This is nowhere near stiff in a sentence .
7 years, not rehabbed, comes out and does it again. people like this should not get a second chance, they've already caused too much damage to be forgiven. If i were in charge, he'd go away forever.
death penalty!!! stops them for good!!
FACTS. He needs atleast 15yrs minimum
Just send him to a labor camp
Well, he needs to feed is addiction and no one will ever hire him.
death penatly
That foo looks like he loves dropping the soap 🧼
7 1/2 years is a joke! He’ll be back out doing it all over again.
She just admitted that without the gun this dude would have gotten out again to continue to... "plague the community." Seems like the public, the court, the cops, everyone except the criminal has their hands tied. How does that make sense?
He should have gotten 10 to15 years
So why don't you guys tell the scrap yards to quit taking them that'll solve one of them problems or take a picture of each person bringing in a catalytic converter
Do you tell jewelers to stop buying scrap gold? It's difficult.
@@gregoryg6999 😂😂 😂 Not even remotely the same thing.
@@sneat2028gold and platinum are practically cousins foh.
@@gregoryg6999 Name a vehicle that uses gold? Most of these stolen CAT's are resold by auto shops and put on other vehicles. The shops who are buying them are not properly documenting the purchase.
@@sneat2028 you clearly have no idea what it means to smelt down precious metals.. once it's melted down there's no identifying the source and its all legal.
My exhaust fell off my car and pep boys told me I needed a new catalytic converter and it would all be over 1500 bucks. They took way to long and were jerks so I took it somewhere else where they were shocked they told me I needed a new catalytic converter. It ended up costing me 700 bucks. We think they wanted to scrap mine for themselves and sell me a new one that I never needed.
I never ever go to Pep Boys.
Should be federal law: possession of a firearm during attempted cat theft should automatically _DOUBLE_ a mandatory prison sentence.
You need to make them organ donors.
These criminal must be in jail forever. They know what they doing , but they´re still continue to do bad things many many times. I hope they rotten in jail
Remember ONE thing. Our CONGRESS could cure this SO easily w/one vote. Like everything else that’s hurts the working class Congress DOESN’T CARE enough about US.
Or anything powered by fossil fuels
They could close the border with the stroke of a pin. 😡
@@toplarry Really? A "pin"? LOL "I love the poorly educated."
Ridiculous comment from someone who obviously has no idea how the three branches of government works and its processes.
should have gotten thirty years of hard labor .
We need a policy of "twelve strikes and you're out".
3-5 years
Yeah, by "out" I hope you mean execution
Out of existence
Lock him up for 35 years because that POS doesn't learn & must be accountable for everything including wasting tax payers court/prison cost for so many years. I'm sure he'll dry up his drug habits in jail.
35 years is a long time. He certainly hasn't figured it out. What's the longest you've spent in jail?
@@Cnote556 Lol, I'm an ex-cop not an ex-con.
Can't we just say they cost 1500 and charge them with gta?
I don’t understand why judges are so lenient, guess they are not concerned about public safety.
All these thieves need to get their butts whooped and then thrown in jail and stay in jail.
They also need to hold the people that buy them accountable too.
This happened to me. Then they towed my car because I couldn't get it fixed. They basically stole my car in NYC. They also have signs all over Brooklyn saying we but catalytic converters🙄 the police know what's going on
This news station is GREAT doing a good job exposing him
A 10 mile drive out in the desert and one Bullet to the Brain. Justice is done and Taxpayers save $$$$$.
I hope that law passes, it won’t stop it by any means but now there will be far less buyers. Couldn’t imagine as many scrap yard owners are willing to take the backlash if they have to document or hide the stolen property
I thought felony possession of a firearm alone was 10 years. This should have been much higher. The AR in the car must have been illegal too. He pointed a gun at the man trying to protect his property. I think at least 20 years would have been more fair for the community.
Those guns are not real. The ar mag gives that away.
@@anthonyjacobs8773 it's a real gun for sure but not an ar15 it's a mossberg715t it shoots 22lr don't let the mag fool u 😉 I have the pistol version of that rifle (mossberg715p) same mag 25rds
Nothing lower than a thief!
To fix this, just pass a law allowing good people to smoke them! So this can end!
Exactly my point! Not just with these thefts but with thieves in general
give him 20 years!
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We need to establish prison farms such that these criminals are required to earn their keep and not burden the taxpayers.
I'd like to see them live fed to zoo animals on TV subscription or left in the wild in a cage the sides go down to the earth when a Lion approaches hehehe 🤭
Exactly. Let them work till pay for their food and shelter in prison for life.
Should have sentenced him to 20 years. 10 years in the weapons offense and 10 on the theft.
A criminal with a gun? Isn’t that illegal ? lol
You mean police found something that vaguely looks like an AR-15 in the back of his car.
It's either a .22LR AR or completely fake lol and why are the rear irons all the way to the rear of the hand guard? Lmao wtf
It’s crazy that they spend all the money from stolen cars on drugs. They could literally use that money and turn their life around and never steal again.
Give him life in prison
Absolute trash of a person .. Iast year I had my catalytic converter stolen and it totaled my Toyota Camry which was running fine.. but I had to unnecessarily spend money to replace the car.. for others out there it would’ve been a major financial burden.. these thieves need to be jailed for years
I have a 2005 rav4 and although I live upstate New York, it’s a California emissions vehicle meaning that it has two cats. One coming off the exhaust manifold under the hood, and another downstream in their usual location. NY just passed a law in April banning any non OEM aftermarket exhaust components so in order for me to have my cats replaced, it would cost me many thousands of dollars. Getting caught with non oem cats/exhaust is very difficult but with non oem my check engine light would stay on and I would never be able to pass yearly inspection
Don't let him out nomore or eliminate him lol 😆
This is that judge's chance to become real popular with the people because if he throws him in jail for several years with limited chance for parole then he will be a hero. People hate having their shit stolen. It violates your sense of safety and privacy.
He should get 30 years!
Clearly this guy was in the middle of an "Organized Crime" operation that should warrant the "Federal RICO Act".
As a dangerous repeat offender, this guy should be doing 60 years to Life in Federal prison, not 7 years in state that he'll probably only do 50% of his sentence.
Look out AZ he'll be back very soon!
They don’t care,
Is this reporter CRAZY??! He asks "Is this a pretty heavy sentence?" -- It's this kind of (dissociated) attitude and approach to this kind of criminal that keeps the criminal coming back. My God, this guy should be getting "20" years. The courts are "way" too lenient.
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
This clown has no pride or shame at all. Hence, his drug addiction and criminality.
He’ll be out in a couple of months
The system is a joke
They care more about criminals than they do about the working people
How refreshing to hear that somebody is going to be held accountable let's hope this catches on
Lol right, I've seen videos of these people basically doing it in crowded Walmart parking lots everyone filming them and they not giving a damn... I've literally seen people look into the camera and go back to cutting the thing off like it's nothing.
I had my catalytic converter stolen out of my locked parking lot at my office in Gardena, California.
I literally hate theives and liars. Today I'm retired. At 75, I'm living for away from the city. If I had cought this thief 10 years ago, when this happened, I would have shot him! I'm glat I didn't - you're not allowed to hurt thieves in California.
But Their allowed to hurt you SMH. Messesed up justice system
Glorious revolutionary humanist socialist people's paradise California
Get a pitbull or Doberman, let them handle it
thieves need to be held accountable just as much as these scrap yard owners; "why hello person with 20+ catalytic converters I would love to buy those as scrap, there's nothing suspicious about this at all" - scrap yard owners. LMFAO
There is a backorder of many months to get the catalytic converter to replace the stolen one, so these despicable a-holes are basically taking the transportation away from countless of their victims and causing a lot of pain in people's lives. I know someone who lost his job because he didn't have a car and couldn't get to work. These people are disgusting.
7 1/2 years and they say it is fair? There in lies the problem and as long as this ridiculous leniency persists, the problem perpetuates…
That’s happening everywhere in Texas. Man I work at an auto shop and it sucks when customers come to buy one and get told it costs thousands of dollars. The mechanics are the culprit I feel like they are buying them
How many of the perpetrators are illegals and where are they getting their illegal guns?
The thieves are the culprits.
Holding the bastard "accountable' Implies that he (and the recyclers who purchased the stolen cats) pays for all the repair/replacement costs to the crime victims!
As long as this is profitable, there is motive.
Eliminate the financial incentive by going after the people buying these stolen parts.
Thats like saying "lock up drug users and drugs won't be a problem"
The hell with offering drug abuse treatment in prison waste of taxpayer money