How catalytic converter thieves woke up a reporter to a big story

A security camera shows a crew in an Avondale parking lot stealing a catalytic converter from an SUV in February. Catalytic converter thieves have cost Chicagoans millions of dollars in property damage. (Provided)

Usually, I’m the one at my house who wakes up at every little noise. This time, it was my husband who rolled out of bed, stepped to the window and peered through the blinds into the 3 a.m. darkness.

“What are you looking at?” I asked, lifting my head from the pillow.