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."