Police: Columbus man exploits loophole in Ohio law to steal 1,100+ catalytic converters
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Published 2022-03-31
All Comments (21)
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Isn’t that nice. The politician had 8 cars on a property he owns get stripped of parts and immediately introduced a new law to stop it. Why does it take so long to do that when they’re not personally affected?
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Since catalytic converters are required by Federal law it should be a federal offense for stealing one
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"he's one of the first ones who have found that loophole" proceeds to tell the whole TV audience about it
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Absence of law is not a loophole. In fact, the man, via the creation of a business, was adhering to the law to sell the converters- with the exception of how he was acquiring the converters. So, theft and selling stolen property was the crime and it wasn’t being done via a loophole.
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He's not exploiting loopholes to steal. He's exploiting to sell what he steals. Huge difference
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Lawmakers care about the things they think will keep them in office, they don't care about your problems unless they think they can benefit.
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He’s exploiting a loophole to SELL the converters - not to steal them. The exploiting of the loophole happens after they’ve been stolen not before Stupid and inaccurate headline.
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I love how the officer tried to frame it as he was the first one to do it even though the state is one of the the worst in terms of this crime so he clearly wasn't the first
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Anyone who puts a tracker on another person's vehicle should be jailed.
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It's so sad. Every one of those catalytic converters shown in the video represents an individual or family losing hundreds of dollars, many of which cannot do without.
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A Father of 5 and Grandfather he’s a disgusting example for his family and perpetuates the selfish, entitled, ‘it’s all about me’ criminal mindset. Totally gross and disgraceful!
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We had a problem with people stealing copper electrical wiring and copper water pipes. Our D.A. told the local scrap yards that if they took pictures of ID for scrappers and made a picture of the items being scrapped, they had no worry from him. If they failed to comply, they would be charged with receiving stolen property. They complied and thefts of wire and pipe are almost zero.
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Engraving doesn’t work due to thieves grinding the engraving. Cages help. Shooting the thief works best!
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“He has a higher bond than most murderers” well god damn lol don’t fuck with the politicians vehicles 😂
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Just keep letting people get away with it like every state has been doing for years and years. It’s sickening. Start giving these scumbags 50 years in prison for first offense and crime may slow down or just keep giving probation and it’ll keep getting worse. I’m so sick of the complaining from everyone!! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!
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The scrap buyers need to be held accountable. Really how many cats should someone sell 1 a day is crazy your lucky if you have 1 bad cat that needs replaced in your entire life.
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"He got a higher bond than most murderers." Direct proof that society values money more than human life. Smh.
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"The government doesn't want you to know this but you can sell as many as catalytic converters as you want. I had sold 1100 catalytic converters."
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I’m a recent victim of this. I’m a father of three kids and I owned a minivan with car seats in it. Clearly owned by a family but these thieves don’t give a shit. I was more disappointed in society than I was actually mad. How can some people stoop so low and ruin the life of others… now my kids and i have to take public transportation. The only upside is that it happened right after the winter ended.
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What an outstanding citizen. So when someone shows up to the scrap yard with like 30 converters no one finds that suspicious and calls the cops? especially with this fine looking guy dropping them off?!?!
