Deputies Arrest Three Los Angeles Residents in Catalytic Converter Thefts in Carpinteria
Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies recovered two catalytic converters, two reciprocating saws and two car jacks early Thursday. Three residents of Los Angeles were arrested as suspects in the catalytic converter thefts in Carpinteria. (Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
July 8, 2021
| 7:57 p.m.
Three Los Angeles residents were being held on $1 million bail after being arrested on multiple felony charges stemming from thefts of catalytic converters early Thursday in Carpinteria, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Department.
Three people arrested for catalytic converter thefts in Carpinteria
Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Office
and last updated 2021-07-08 20:58:55-04
Santa Barbara County Sheriff s deputies arrested three people on suspicion of stealing catalytic converters.
On Thursday, at around 2:49 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the 1000-block of Palmetto Way in Carpinteria for a reported theft of a catalytic converter that had just occurred.
The reporting party said they heard what sounded like a saw, recognized that a theft was likely occurring, and called law enforcement to provide a vehicle description and their direction of travel.
Patrol deputies located and stopped a vehicle that matched the description minutes later.