Catalytic converter thefts more than triple in Harris County
In Harris County, thefts of catalytic converters have tripled recently.
HOUSTON - Thefts of catalytic converters have more than tripled in Harris County and Houston.
A local auto body shop tells FOX 26, thieves can get up to $250 from the metals they steal from inside the converter. But it cost the car owners upwards of $4- $5,000 dollars to fix. When she went out in the afternoon it didn’t sound right, said Bobbie Pfleger of Spring. I ask my husband to swing by their he thought maybe someone was playing a prank, so he checked the muffler. He looked underneath the vehicle and saw that the converters were gone.