New Oregon bill hopes to curb rampant theft of catalytic converters
New Oregon bill hopes to curb rampant theft of catalytic converters Updated Mar 12, 2021; Facebook Share In early February, the catalytic converter was stolen out of Kristen Simmons’ Prius. “I got it replaced at Broadway Toyota,” Simmons said, “and when I went to drive off the lot it sounded like they hadn’t replaced it.” So, she said, they put her car back on the lift. “The new one had been cut out while the car was on the lot,” she said. The theft of catalytic converters -- a part of the exhaust system that helps reduce harmful emissions in most cars built after the mid-197...