Caught on camera: Man caught stealing catalytic converter in broad daylight
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2021
- Catalytic converter thefts have become an epidemic in Portland and beyond.
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Prosecute the recyclers who pay them for stolen property as well.
Anyone can spot a junky buddy
@@Arctic_Adjuster people with a wreck still have title, they should have to prove ownership with receipts, otherwise it should be assumed it is stolen
@@Arctic_Adjuster Please do not act so naive. These people don't steal just one every couple years. How many times does a scrap metal dealer buy converters from the same people with no ID that come in every week with more than 1? Far too many scrap metal dealers will knowingly buy stolen material regardless of what laws they avoid to do it because stolen material has a higher profit margin.
Some years back when all the tweakers were stealing cooper wire from A/Cs and buildings bring built they made the recycle plants start getting copies of drivers license and writing down their plate number and you couldn't bring them burnt wire without having some kind of permit and i think you have to have a really good excuse or proof for them to buy the converters from you.
@@filthyrych if they look shady, report them. Hold the payment. Anyone can spot a junkie.
Two catalytic converter thieves were shot dead by a passerby in the Houston metro area, I like that type of justice!
Out shot dead.. ouch
We should do JUST THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME!👍
And they have been charged with murder. You can't kill people (even maggots) over property.
They can still vote Democrat
@@vince1638 sure you can that why you have a throw away.
Don’t allow scrap metal places to simply take this stuff in without verification/paperwork. Eliminate the market for this crap.
Many scrap yards are shady also...
Exactly. Have the yards licensed to get authorization for those metals
Goldsmith / Master Jeweler here. that won't work, here's why. too many DIY on youtube. yep they're showing how to recover the precious metals yourself, skip the middleman. once recovered they can go to jewelers and sell it. i buy from reputable suppliers. when i buy from private customer when they want to use their gold to keep costs down (i pay more than cash for gold places) problem with that also is i have to refine it and that brings customers profit margin lower. refineries also buy metals from anyone, it use to be only if you were in the business but everyone has jumped on the bandwagon.
Here in Maryland scrap yards require you to have a business license to sell converters not sure if it's a state law or what. I don't think it helps at all the thieves will just pay someone who has a business license to sell them. I buy and drive beaters when they won't drive no further I scrap them it's a pain in the rear for me because I can't sell converters that I've legally obtained my cousin has a business license so I get him to sell the converters or I list them on the internet. A few months ago I bought a Toyota Prius it was wrecked on the passenger side I was going to drive it but then I found out the converter on that thing could be worth 1000 to 1500 dollars. I got 1200 dollars for the converter anyone with a Toyota Prius should take EXTRA steps to insure there converter isn't stolen. Like I say it's a pain because honest guy's have a hard time selling converters but I have to agree with you steps need to be taken to slow down or stop converter theft.
@@beekeeper7535 This is an under the table job. Someone is desperate paying dirt for them and it seems like the thieves don’t care if they get killed in the process doing it smh
This is where you should be allowed to pull your firearm and do a citizen arrest. I’m getting tired of these criminals getting away with this.
Every state has some form of Citizen's Arrest powers. Research for your area. Most Blue states love to make the innocent folks pay and criminals walk, so be careful.
The McMichaels were desperately needed that day.
Arrest? Just kill them no one will miss them.
Allowed? Law, slaw, if I catch something like this, they will not forget it anytime soon, trust and believe. Protect yours and what you've busted your tail and worked hard to pay for!!
@@vaunfestus9768 High five!! 👋
I loved the story about the thief that was crushed and killed by a Prius. What a way to go. I wish it would happen more often.
😲
The Family of the scumbag that was killed by the Prius is sueing the owner of the Prius
@@concue5 They'll likely win as it happened in Commiefornia.
@@Arctic_Adjuster typical clown 🤡
Who ever thought an Prius could 🤔 do a self defense act 😆 🤣 😂
Passing the bill mandating scrapyards from purchasing used converters is the only way to stop this. Tweekers dgaf about anything but dope.
They will find something else; pass a bill to give twkrs medical health like decades before is cheaper & effective.
If judiciary lifts the crime to a felony that would work.
One year for each converter stolen.
Stolen 20 converters your doing 20 years buddy..
I don't think we have such daredevils to steal them again😮👊👍
@@davidwalker2144 Over criminalizing has never fixed an economic problem that creates a black market need.
@@jobella2656 This is about the most accurate.
The solution is to absolve owners from liability when they just put fresh high velocity holes in these thieves.
@@amzarnacht6710 If efficient in preventing black market from starting; you might need time traveling, but this is reality so it isn't accepted but the moral majority.
They should make car security alarms where if somebody goes under your car, the wheels detracts and crushes the person underneath it.
There are such a thing...... Its called Low Rider.
Yes 👍
jeez i hope its your cat or your two year old kid who plays under there first then...moron
Imagine you have one these things and one day you forget about it and drop your keys or something under there only to get crushed trying to pick them up Yeah real smart huh?
@@kantraxoikol6914 don't be such a woke liberal... it was a joke in a attempt to stop a crime... where is your car?
Saw his hands off.
Naw. Don’t, follow him to the buyer’s warehouse and you’ll find out it’s your rich white uncle paying top dollar
😂😂😂
🤣😂🤣😂
@Emerald Triangle Hahahaha
You’re that rich white uncle 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Saw his hands off
@@franchisefred4066 saw your hands off too.
Even if the police find him, would the prosecutors charge him with a crime , or would they just let him go?
My money is on... "let him go."
The police are busy harassing innocent people instead of criminals like this guy.
He's a democrat. Democrats don't go to jail, they get a promotion.
@@Arctic_Adjuster I VERY much agree with your statement but I believe that demorat party is far, far beyond any sort of normalcy. They are mentally corrupted beyond any serviceability.
It's Portland!
There is no law. Only worthless liberal terrorists
The car the thief was driving as well as the van were both stolen, pretty much says it all about Portland, present day.
Ar what point does the citezenry of Portland realize the error of their ways and start voting in people who have the taxpayers best interest at heart?
Portland is the new Tijuana
@@mastercreamer1398 Tijuana has way more class than Portland.
WTF do their cops do all day if they neither solve, prevent or investigate crimes?
@@cvn6555 they have their hands tied on just about everything. Give them (foot soldiers) a little more credit man but I get what your saying.
Shallow graves in the woods aren't in the headlines so much these days, are they? just musing things, not suggesting anything... righteous.
If I caught him, it wouldn’t be using a camera and he’d be there when the cops came.
Americans no longer care about Portland. That is a city that pressess the "gay agenda" "pedophiles" and antifa. Portland made that bed now GO LAY IN IT. No one wants to hear you crying.
For those that have shotguns.
Take some shells and remove the pellets and replace with rock salt. Be at least 10 yards (30 feet) away from the thief and aim for the lower body, fire and it'll wake-up the thief that he's regretting his actions. Rock salt won't kill from that distance but it will burn an indelible memory into the theif !
It's Portland. You probably can't own a shotgun and if you used it in that manner would end up with jail time and the criminal awarded damages.
@Dennis Mitchell
I appreciate the humanity,
But a 3 1/2” turkey load would be more effective.
In Portland they'll probably give him a medal for stealing
Free food and lodging for a year.
Yep!!!
He should’ve called the cops first and confronted later.
Except the thief would be long gone. Cutting one out takes less time then installing one.
Using a battery saw like this bozo had means 3-4 min.
Someone with a mean dog should be around when they catch these dirtbags. Corner them beneath the car, hiding, so evidence is retained along with the thief.
Don’t let the dog chew on the thief (even though it would be gratifying) to avoid a lawsuit.
Legalize taking care of these parasitic people with street justice.
Scrap junk yards should have to photo cat people that frequent their yards. Then returners should be given to the police. This will put the brakes on cat stealers
Problem solved.require scrap yards to I'd and photo anyone bringing a converter for cash. This will end this stupidity.
Make him pay the victim back by taking everything he has to cover the cost of repairs
THAT'S a HOOT! Have you EVER known a liberal to hold someone ACCOUNTABLE? They always blame it on a disease, syndrome, or upbringing.
He only owns the shirt on his back and the dope in his pocket if he hasn't already smoked it!!😉😂😂😂
@@jtmasterson2476 What does he look like? Could we put him to work as a prostitute?
Strong jaw & puffy lips?
Toothless wonder?
@@jtmasterson2476 I'm sure we could figure out something he could do to pay society back.
What does he look like?
Does he have all his teeth?
Does he like men?
Does he have pouty lips?
@@LoireValleyChateaux a toof maybe!!😉😂😂😂
forget calling the cops, deal with it yourself
mark.. Puncture the sidewalls on two of his tires.
@@jeffhildreth9244 Old trick: reach into thief's car, remove the keys
He should have traded him for a face converter 👊🏼
Knuckle sandwich converter
A public flogging would be an appropriate measure if the city fails to do what's best for the community's interests
At work a loser was trying to steal cats off our work trucks my boss ran out to see what was going on the dude tried to run then fight us but a couple guys from roughed him up wouldn't let him leave till the police came
THAT'S THE BEST SCENARIO
The democratic prosecutor will do nothing…
Cops? What cops? It's up to citizens to do their own police work these days since the number of cops per capita has dwindled down to nearly nothing since I was a kid in the 70s. There's no point in even reporting crime, as far as I can tell.
Cops seem to be committing most of the crimes nowadays, so good riddance.
Agreed. Policing is now run like a business. You make a call and they will show up and create a report about it. That is all. If you are looking for action, the crime has to be occuring in front of the officer.
I have a new mindset you too and shave off a defeated mindset and God heal us from addiction,stealing,DUI,devorce in Gods name say amen😂☝️
They should be put down . Just like horse thieves of old .
Need to start throwing some hands. Flatten the mugs tires. Oh the irony, both vehicles were stolen.
Yank the valve stems out of the getaway car.
Unfortunately they just keep them 72 hours then send them free 😡
72 hours? Yeah right.
So someone caught them in the act and just sit and watch? I would of put a lead into him. Smh
Nah. You’re an idiot for killing a desperate thief. You need to find the source where the goods are going and that’s the rich white man paying for these precious metals 🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I wouldn't expect anything less from someone with Rambo in their name
Rambo, your machismo is making you look like a fool.
What this country needs is more Sawzall control--background checks, licenses, training, registration, the whole schmeer.
They really need to ban high capacity sawsalls
Wow. I don’t even feel safe owning a car here. I couldn’t sleep at night. The van and the getaway car were stolen and the neighbor had 2 stolen this year.
Don't you just love the liberal politicians and judges and prosecuting attorneys
Get in, turn it on and drive back and forth.
Good crack down on this!!
They need to start manufacturing cars where the catalytic converter can't be so easily stolen.
Maybe more people should own a Tesla.
They already did back in the 1960ies...!
Hardened clamps and a teather cable of Kevlar jams the Sawzall teeth n makes a mess
I own a Kia Niro. A hybrid that gets 50mpg. It has a solid plate across the entire bottom of the car. But if you want to work on the car yourself it makes it virtually impossible without a lift lol
@@NO-co4pu yes and BMW has a bunch of panels along the drive shaft and exhaust but not like everyone is gonna buy BMWs
"This is my van" *Proceed to walk toward his stolen car*
beat down
A little bit of street justice wouldn’t hurt
Street justice mustn't be illegal 👍
Thanks to the Mayor. Shouldn't he be held responsible? You all keep voting him in so have fun with that.
Caught one day and released the next. Good job.
If judiciary lifts the crime to a felony that would work.
One year for each converter stolen.
Stolen 20 converters your doing 20 years buddy..
I don't think we have such daredevils to steal them again😮👊👍
There is a law in place to protect the thief. If the used catalytic converter he is stealing is worth less than $950, then the thief will not be prosecuted. Ask your governor and your mayors why such law exists.
They should also make a law, that if you do less than $950 worth of damage to the perp's head, you will not be prosecuted.
madness how this clown can get away with this action and no one gaf
What if the owner just got in his van and drove off not knowing someone was underneath? Maybe a consequence of your illegal theft. Sounds crazy, but raise your hand if you make a detailed look under your car or truck before driving off in the morning, especially in the dark.
I don't get it, why would you not detain the criminal!? Call neighbours to help if needed, use any long tools to confront and hold the thief, in the States, you have rights to carry guns in the UK we have the right to do what's called a Citizen's Arrest, stating, Act (PACE) 1984. It states that a person can legally arrest anyone: ... You can also perform a Citizen's Arrest if you reasonably believe that a crime has already been committed by said individual.
Jail don't work, sorry. Do you all want to know what does work? I had mine stolen and I won't stand for this sh it!!
if i saw that i'd be tempted to slash one of the front tires and listen to the sweet , sweet music of a tweaker screaming in agony
Don't slash the tire, poor car owners gonna have to pay for the damage to the car already!
This is all consequences of weak laws treating this crime lightly.
The thieves are laughing at the authorities, and at the population unable to legally shoot them.
Why not get a regular job. Stealing them looks like a full time hard stressful and dangerous job.
So ill say this, I work at safeway on 182nd and powell. Maybe a month ago I was outside on lunch and these 2 men pulled up next to this car and started taking the converter to this car and I asked what they were doing and they got scared and jumped back in their car and speed away. Unfortunately the man who owned the car came outside right after and I told him what happened, and they did indeed take his muffler and convtere.
If I catch someone doing this to my 🚗, I'll just release the jack & good luck to them
All this reminds me of is driving through neighborhoods where all the vehicles are parked outside the garages filled with junk.
It’s Oregon, there is little to no enforcement of theft laws. We all know this.
If there's no enforcement, then whats stopping the legit citizens from doing a little street justice to these guys? I would.
The worst part is that the lack of the actual precious metals means at the top of the food chain, the manufacturers themselves are the buyers who in turn charge even more for the replacement cats.
well when a car costs 11,000 bucks to build and they SELL it for 55,000 who's the REAL criminal?
This is why there is a lot to be said about owning and driving 1974 model year vehicles and older. No catalytic converter to steal.
yes but they will take your muffler ... not knowing the difference
How about ties ? had that by me the guys car up on blocks.
Should've pulled the valve stems and let the air out of the tires them call the cops.
When my house in Vancouver was looted for everything I own, thieves broke down every door in the house and pulled my garage door off the hinges with a tow strap. Neighbors held them at gunpoint while they ran off and drove away.
If they were held at gunpoint, how did they drive away?
@@mt-nv4jd Bold and Brazen looters are afraid of nothing.
@@mt-nv4jd you can be charged if you shoot at a fleeing suspect.
You didn't tell your story well.
We are confused
@@WestCoastUSA546 My sunroof window bus hadn't seen the sunshine since 1984. It wasn't quite ready to break out yet but thieves beat me to it. That old bus sure hung on for life without parole. It locked up it's front brakes to bunch up a small area rug, then seized hold of the garage door with it's sunroof top and driver's door. It then butted up against another car until it busted the chrome muffler off. ruclips.net/video/nznAbuNPWqQ/видео.html
What? Where’s your weapon to protect you and your property? You’re just gonna film someone doing wrong? Thieves can’t be shamed, it doesn’t work. Put a bullet in his leg. Make running harder for the next innocent person. Don’t lie! Don’t cheat! Don’t be a thief! If the public started shooting criminals I think it would deter people from thinking it’s so easy!
Make the sentencing swift. Hanging seems appropriate. That'd slow down thefts considerably.
I can't imagine any of these catalytic converter thieves sitting down as children and wanting this to be their life!... This crime is not only costly for the victims but the insurance companies and tax payers. It sucks when others go down a dark path in life, it really effects everyone & everything around them!....
If this would have been in Tejas, boy would have bee on somebody's trophy wall, tejas carry!
@D. Johnston 702👈 Found the disgruntled CAT Thief!.....
Bad post, zero sympathy for these thieves. They didn't go down a bad path, they are evil, simple as that.
It seems to me people approach the stolen catalytic converter thing all wrong. I see people trying to confront thieves. That's not really the most effective way to do things. These guys need a getaway van and it's usually unguarded. Disable it.
Make CERTAIN you're confronting a thief and not some guy genuinely working on his car. Don't make his life even more miserable because you got it all wrong. And make sure the getaway car is the right one and not some visitor at your neighbor's house. But if you're pretty sure he can identify his own vehicle ("Hey, this your car over here?")....
Throw a stink bomb in his getaway vehicle, or a bag of your dog's crap, spray paint the fender with "Cat Thief" in orange, let the air out of the tires, eggs on the windshield, water in the gas tank. You were a kid once. Anything to slow 'em down on the exit, or makes them obvious to police who see them drive by. Let the police come and match that "cat" fresh in his hands, or his "cat" tools, to the job he was working on. The only way to fight back is fight smarter and fight as a community. Tag and release.
(keep your damage reparable or wind up in jail yourself)
All for a little bit of precious metals. You don't get very much platinum from those. Now they need to find who they are selling them to and arrest that party as well.
Maybe it's time to start taking matters in to our own hands "On tonight's news catalytic converter thieves have been found dead under vehicles the police say the deaths must have been caused by simple slip and falls. : )
or Covid
MAKE IT LAW!!!!
BUT UPHOLD IT!!!!
Should have been “dead man found under car” “nobody knows why”
There totally fearless.its incredible
They know that the prosecutors in liberal cities will not throw the book at them. This emboldens them to prey on other liberals who, seemingly, never learn. 🙄
Unfortunately, police aren't investigating. Unless they catch him in the act or right after, they aren't going to "look" for this guy. It's documented and filed away with thousands others... Sad.
Good for laws to hinder sale at scrap yards, how ever there are still people that do their own mechanic work. Thieves cut them out, honest people take them out intact.
People that pass laws most of the time don’t know what they are doing they just pass laws because it sounds good.
Here's an idea! Clean all the crap out of your garage and park your cars in there were they belong. Problem solved.
If this had taken place "in broad" night time, would have even been a news story? What difference does it make when it happens, when it is going to happen?
Catalyst converters are always gonna be a hot target no matter what because of the precious metals inside them.there will always be a buyer, like when you launder money.
That bill should have been passed years ago!
yeh but a female probably shut it down so her son could keep doing it
Good for the guy who filmed this and called the police.
I wonder what’s driving all this?🤔
Could it be the decriminalization of hard drugs such as heroin and meth?
Wasn’t it the voters who passed that nonsense?
Hopefully learning the hard way will wake you up.
No.
Did the neighbor stop the guy, looks like he let him drive away
The van was also stolen, sort like Peter robbing Paul..
How about laws like pawn shops. Serial numbers and IDs
half a day in jail with cheese sandwich will sure teach this criminal a lesson!
ah yes! The beautiful town of Portland. Land of the free to do whatever you want with no consequences!! Truly wonderous place to spend time now and getting better by the day! It is a cesspool that will never recover!!
I just had my Prius cat stolen here in California, this needs to stop they need to change the laws now! I didn't know this was also a problem in Oregon.
It’s all over the nation. East coast gets hit as well
But you have insurance! Some democrat.
Yeah right no one could fit underneath a Prius with a saw it’s like a skateboard😀
Stop complaining, you got exactly what you voted for. "They need to change the laws now!!" Hahaha, Californian are hilarious. The next new law will be, "Victim can't approach or detain a criminal while cutting catalytic converter. You guys already got Prop. 47 and SB 82. Next will be Prop. 666.
@@iforgotmyscreenname1 It’s not just California homie Lmao. And your political mindset have nothing to do with desperate people during desperate times 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
It's simple, actually elect politicians that actually have a backbone as the one's currently in office cant/won't do their jobs !
This wonderful trend has now moved to the North East coast.
The manager of the apt building I live in told me that in one night recently 3 catalytic converters were stolen out of our lots. They even sawed half way through the manager's under his Dodge truck. They must have gotten spooked and left the job unfinished. He is getting more security lights along with cameras installed.
Blame the buyers not the thieves. Stop paying and the criminals will stop cutting them off
love to just drive away with them underneath.....make my day.
yes, your honor, i didn't hear or see anyone under the car when i got in and drove to work like i always do...
The thief car is stolen and the van is stolen too. The thief is stealing from another thief. Lol
I think 1 thief told him where it was to go strip it!
these are the low end forward facing criminals, I want to know who is buying these parts and why aren't their faces being plastered all over the internet, and are the buyers of these parts also being prosecuted for purchasing stolen goods?
Thank you sir.
Recyclers should stop paying thieves as well.
Come on people. It’s the norm to cut off your own catalytic converter. I recently did mine at my job. The new & aggressive growl was a nice touch on the road during rush hour
1:51 what ?? Both cars are stolen ?😂 I can see some people going from 🙂 to 😟 already
HA HA HA!!!! Portland and Oregon people wanted no consequences for crime, they got it! They have no room to complain now! You DO deserve this because of your voting record, people end up with the government they deserve!!
The problem is not the recycling plants. What they actually do is bust open these catalytic converters crush the core which is made from precious metal then pulverize them untill it's dust. They then ship this metal out of state or even country to a refinery that can process them in solid palladium , platinum and rhodium. Which then is cashed out. Palladium per oz $ 2,013.54. Platinum per oz $943.00. rhodium price per oz $11,800.00. You can see now why this is happening. This is why catalytic converter are stolen. These low level criminal gets litterly scrap. But these big guy who are bagging these dust truly are the money maker. A garbage bin full of dust amounts to $100K.
Na its junkies tryna get high for next to no work
You can't solve the car theft problem and you think a catalytic converter law will stop them. Haha. The thief was not even scared of the camera.
Criminal: "I. Do. Not. Need. To. Have. Police. Contact."
Hero: "Too bad, Carrie! Call the cops!"
Only a HEFTY fine imposed on companies per illegal catalytic converter. I say $10k per converter?
Why does he look exactly like you expect a catalytic converter would look?
The biggest joke is... "I want to see him go to jail." Hahahaha. You live in Portland!!! The bluest city in America!! In the bluest state!!! Stop with the joke, you guys are killing us. Hahahaha
It is very dangerous to confront the thief directly. If this thief had guns with him or in the car, it is hard to image what will happen. Call 911 and wait for the cop...
This why a carry an extra badger with rabbies and two venomous snakes with me wherever I go.
Time to arrest junkyards for buying stolen property from the thieves
What is broad daylite and regular daylite
Why don't you Google that buddy😂😂😂😂
If judiciary lifts the crime to a felony that would work.
One year for each converter stolen.
Stolen 20 converters your doing 20 years buddy..
I don't think we have such daredevils to steal them again
Did you not finish school? It's a term used to say something is done in plainsight.
@Emerald Triangle it's a swagger written buddy..
Broad daylight is for females.
And , as usual, nothing will be done. Enjoy you’re Democratic policies.
So the getaway vehicle as well as the victimized vehicle were both stolen. The "Summer of Love" continues...
This all starts off with the recyclers and metal dealers. Needs to be regulated and strong rules governing this