They were gone in 240 seconds. Surveillance video from a Queens homeowner captured a team of catalytic-converter thieves in action, showing just how easy it is to carry out the now skyrocketing crime.

Your gas- or diesel-powered car most likely has a catalytic converter. This means you might have heard about what thieves are doing to these vehicles. They’re leaving them without these important ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Sometime in the middle of the night, thieves broke into a construction yard and stole four catalytic converters from Department of Public Works trucks. It's part of an epidemic of ...

Thieves are increasingly targeting catalytic converters on cars. If yours is stolen, replacing it could cost you thousands of dollars. So are inexpensive alarms, locks and plates a solution to keep ...

Tennessee saw a drop in catalytic converter thefts after tougher legislation was passed. However, some homeowners are still facing the expensive cost of replacing a converter that has been sawed off ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — In Minnesota and around the country, thieves are targeting cars and stealing the catalytic converter. The emission-controlled device can found at the bottom of the car, and has been ...

LARKSVILLE, Pa. -- The owners of a fireplace store in Luzerne County arrived Tuesday morning to find parts stolen from their work vehicle, and now after talking to police, they've found they're not ...

GORST — A steady stream of vehicles with a common ailment have been cycling through the shop at the Kitsap Muffler shop these past few weeks, manager Kim Rumion said. A quick peek underneath such ...

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...

FORTY FORT — Forty Fort police reported catalytic converters were stolen from five vehicles at two businesses Monday night into Tuesday morning. The vehicles were all Nissan NV 200 work vans, police ...

Cars are major greenhouse gas emitters. Every year, vehicles worldwide pump out millions of tons of CO2, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, and a range of other gasses that contribute to global warming ...