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Milwaukee thieves targeting catalytic converters April 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thieves in Milwaukee are targeting catalytic converters on people’s cars. As of April 11, thieves had stolen 497 car parts, up 19% from the same time last year, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Police don’t break the parts out by category, but they say catalytic converters are the main target. Sgt. Efrain Cornejo said the converters contain precious metals such as palladium, rhodium and platinum. Repair shops and people looking to save money on replacement parts also are lookin...

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...