UNION COUNTY, North Carolina -- A North Carolina man believed to have been stealing a catalytic converter was killed when the car he was under fell on him, authorities said. The Union County Sheriff's ...

2021 was the year of the catalytic converter theft. Across North Carolina, thousands turned on their cars and heard an unexpected loud rumble, the tell-tale noise that their catalytic converters had ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A man accused of catalytic converter theft in northeast North Carolina was arrested last week by bail enforcement agents in Newport News, the Gates County Sheriff’s Office ...

Stealing a catalytic converter off a vehicle would be a felony under a bill North Carolina lawmakers sent the governor Wednesday in response to an uptick in the thefts. The bill would also put more ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says a man trying to steal a catalytic converter from a disabled car was killed when the jack he used to get under the vehicle failed and pinned ...