Catalytic Converters Stolen Off Eight Cars

Unknown burglars pulled catalytic converters off of eight cars in a Manassas parking lot — one of two different theft incidents reported by Manassas City Police.

Officers responded Jan. 2 to the Northern Virginia Auto Auction at 10700 Wakeman Court. Sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2, unknown individuals stole the valuable car parts, according to an auction employee.

The same site was targeted in a similar incident last October, according to MCPD.

In an unrelated incident, officers responded Jan. 4 to a home in the 9000 block of Bonham Circle regarding the theft overnight of a generator that was sitting in the bed of a pickup truck.

The generator was valued at $700. The victim reported this was the second theft in a week — he’d had a $1,500 siding brake stolen from a second work truck parked in front of his home a few days earlier.