Trio Suspected Of Catalytic-Converter Thefts Arrested In Livermore

LIVERMORE, CA — Three people were arrested Monday and a freshly stolen, catalytic converter was recovered Monday in Livermore as police were investigating another catalytic-converter theft from earlier in the day, according to authorities.

Officers were following up on a Monday morning catalytic-converter theft on Campus Hill Drive, when they were called at 5:40 p.m. to another such theft that just occurred on nearby North Canyons Parkway, the Livermore Police Department said.

Police located and stopped the suspects' vehicle — described in both cases as a white, older-model Mercedes — on the 4500 block of Las Positas Road, and arrested the three individuals, officials said.

"Inside the vehicle’s rear, right passenger door was a catalytic converter," the department said. "It ultimately belonged to the victim’s car from North Canyons Parkway and was returned."

Also recovered from the vehicle were numerous tools suspected of use in stealing catalytic converters, along with car parts, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, officers said.

A 28-year-old Stockton man was arrested on several charges including suspicion of tampering with a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, possession of burglary tools and drug possession. The other two in the car, a male, 27, and a woman, 34, both from Stockton, were arrested for allegedly conspiring to steal the catalytic converters, police said.

The three were booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

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