catalytic converter thefts

As Chicago Police vow to increase patrols and resources on specific blocks in Lincoln Park that are seeing a rise in violent crime, a new surveillance video shows thieves sawing off a car’s catalytic converter on the same block where an armed robbery occurred three days earlier.

As Chicago Police vow to increase patrols and resources on specific blocks in Lincoln Park that are seeing a rise in violent crime, a new surveillance video shows thieves sawing off a car’s catalytic converter on the same block where an armed robbery occurred three days earlier.

Chicago police are warning residents of a pair of catalytic converter thefts reported in December in Logan Square on the Northwest Side. In each incident, two males in a dark-colored Dodge Challenger, possibly with Minnesota license plates, approach the rear of vehicles and remove the catalytic converters, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The thefts happened Dec. 4,…