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Judith Kohler

Thefts of catalytic converters are skyrocketing. Why? And what are lawmakers and law enforcement doing about it?

When Alan Bucknam’s daughter started the Toyota 4Runner to drive to school, it sounded like a Harley Davidson revving up.

“I figured either the muffler fell off or the catalytic converter was taken out,” Bucknam said.

He looked underneath the vehicle and saw two clean diagonal cuts on each end of where the catalytic converter should have been.

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