Suspect Accused of Stealing Catalytic Converters at Huntington Metro Station Parking Garage

Metro Transit Police arrested Terry Card, 49, of no fixed address, Wednesday on charges of grand larceny, vehicle destruction and possession of burglarious tools stemming from multiple thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles parked at the Huntington Metro parking garage.

Three of the incidents occurred May 26 at the Huntington Metro Station parking garage. In all three cases, the suspect cut the catalytic converters from late-model Honda vehicles, thereby rendering them inoperable.

Later that day, Card was stopped by a Charles County Sheriff’s Officer on a traffic stop in Waldorf, Md., and he was arrested on unrelated charges. A search warrant was obtained for his vehicle by Charles County Detectives and, during the search, officers found six catalytic converters, a vehicle jack and a saw.

Charles County Police and Metro Transit Police Detectives shared information about the case, and subsequently, MTPD detectives were able to match the catalytic converters to the vehicles that were damaged on May 26 at Huntington Station.

MTPD detectives subsequently linked Card to three additional catalytic converter thefts that occurred on May 13 at Branch Avenue Station. On that date, catalytic converters were stolen from two Honda vehicles and one Cadillac.

CARD will face charges for the May 26 incidents in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Charges for the Branch Avenue cases are pending.

Metro Transit Police are sharing information with law-enforcement partners throughout the region in an effort to determine whether there are links to cases off Metro property.