UNION COUNTY, North Carolina -- A North Carolina man believed to have been stealing a catalytic converter was killed when the car he was under fell on him, authorities said. The Union County Sheriff's ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) -- A suspected thief was crushed to death by a Toyota Prius as he was apparently trying to steal its catalytic converter today, Anaheim police said. Officers were called to the ...

Toyota tells us that more Prius cars are sold in California than any other state (New York, Florida, and Texas follow).

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Victory Toyota of Midtown in Chicago has more than a dozen Priuses lined up like a used car lot, but they're not for sale; they're waiting to have their catalytic converters replaced ...

Pictured, the underside of a Toyota Prius, with the catalytic converter in the middle of the image. (File photo courtesy of National Insurance Crime Bureau) The Chula Vista Police Department held an ...

During epidemic levels seen in 2021, over 7,000 motors were targeted for their catalytic converters and the precious metals ...

LOS ANGELES -- U.S. law enforcement agencies are taking action after seeing a rise in thefts of catalytic converters since the beginning of the pandemic. "We've seen where they quickly, like NASCAR, ...

Staten Island has seen a dramatic reduction in catalytic converter thefts thanks to innovative prevention efforts by local law enforcement. The Advance/SILive.com recently reported on a catalytic ...

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (KABC) -- Mission Viejo city leaders on Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance making it illegal for people suspected of catalytic converter theft to have ...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a family-run catalytic converter theft ring that brought in more than $38 million, federal officials announced this week. In a ...