Theft of catalytic converters up in Milwaukee. How to deter thieves
Verna Taylor always took good care of her 2004 Toyota Sequoia, so when she cranked up her truck one morning to run errands, she knew the loud sound she heard wasn’t normal and drove straight to a nearby muffler shop. “My truck sounded like a loud tractor or something,” Taylor said. When the muffler shop hoisted the Sequoia on the lift, the mechanic quickly spotted the problem. “Someone cut my catalytic converter," Taylor said. "I didn’t even know what a catalytic converter was before this.” The bigger surprise: a $1,500 price tag to fix it. While Milwaukee police don’t break o...
Source: thenorthwestern.com