What thieves are stealing from today's cars
It's not every day cops catch a prowler breaking into a Highway Patrol impound lot. But that's allegedly what happened on Dec. 1 outside Memphis, Tenn., when Shelby County Sheriff's deputies "heard a saw running under a blue Buick station wagon" and discovered a man attempting to cut away the car's catalytic converter. Next to him was another converter "that had been completely cut out" of a nearby Toyota Tacoma, according to a police report. The man allegedly wielding the yellow power saw was Allen Simpson, 43, a former alderman from nearby Arlington, and co-owner of a local auto-salvage company. Arrested on trespass, vandalism and theft charges, Simpson faces a preliminary hearing later this month. (Simpson and his lawyer declined NEWSWEEK's request for comment.)
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