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Ad Choices. By John Benson, special to cleveland. They are light enough to carry without a lot of effort, they can be used in tight spaces and they are readily available at stores and tool outlets. An especially enticing target are businesses with fleets of vehicles. One such incident took place in Dunn recently when thieves targeted a local heating and air conditioning company.
A worker from the business arrived at 4 a. The worker and police watched surveillance video that showed a suspect crawling under a fence and walking to one of the trucks. Fortunately for the company, the thief was caught shortly after the report was made to police.
Police found three converters hidden under the bed of his pickup truck. A couple of months earlier another local business reported the theft of not only two converters, but a saw with a battery and extra blades as well.
All the more reason to suspect many of the thefts could be related to others, there seems to be no particular pattern — at least to the untrained eye — for now. Jackson and her colleagues elsewhere said most local law enforcement agencies are working together to try and put an end to what is becoming a very lucrative crime.
Jeff Caldwell explains what thieves are looking forward to after they pull off a converter and head to the scrap yard.
Benson seems to be the least affected — knock on wood — with just six reports since May 9 of this year. Weber is often hired for gig work through apps like Task Rabbit, helping people move with his van. Someone kept the truck running in the middle of the road and opened the doors wide to prevent other cars from driving through.
In the video, the sound of a loud electric saw cutting through metal underneath Weber's van can be heard. In a matter of minutes, the catalytic converter was detached. When Weber returned to his van, he turned the keys in the ignition and discovered something was wrong. It startled me," Weber described. Just to see it go like that He's now fundraising to make up the loss and plans to donate any extra money to a drug prevention program in NE Portland.
Law enforcement agencies all over Oregon have taken reports of similar thefts for several years. Many investigators have said the crime is quick and does not take much skill.
The law ensures scrap metal businesses only buy or receive catalytic converters from commercial sellers, not thieves.
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