(WFSB) – These most up-to-date catalytic converter thefts are simply one other instance of the continued and rising drawback in our state.
There’s a new regulation in place designed to make it tougher to promote catalytic converters however is it working, and why are they so priceless?
It sort of seems to be like a muffler and it sits beneath your automotive, however with the correct instruments, thieves can take it in minutes.
Catalytic converters have very costly, valuable metals inside them, and plenty of thieves look like undeterred at stopping from stealing them.
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“It’s one thing that continues to plague cities across the state,” stated Cheshire Police Chief and President of the Connecticut Police Chiefs affiliation Neil Dryfe.
Dryfe stated catalytic converter thefts proceed to be an enormous drawback in Connecticut.
A brand new regulation took impact in July 2022 that requires folks promoting a catalytic converter to supply their driver’s license, the license plate of the automotive used for transport, picture or video of the vendor, and their license, amongst different restrictions.
Dryfe stated it’s onerous to evaluate if the regulation is deterring thieves.
“I don’t need to say that it hasn’t had any impact, as a result of I’m sure that it in all probability has, I believe there are nonetheless a lot of sure people who find themselves going to exit right here and are going to steal catalytic converters anyway. There’s a marketplace for them due to the valuable metals inside them and there are specific people who find themselves not keen to obey the regulation. They don’t care that the regulation modified,” stated Dryfe.
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These valuable metals the chief is referring to have skyrocketed in worth.
Rhodium is promoting for $12,400 per ounce. Palladium is promoting for $1,748 per ounce and platinum is promoting for $1,060 an oz..
Ukraine has a number of the richest provides of those metals in your complete world. Because the conflict has raged on, there have been steel shortages, the costs have continued to rise and so have catalytic converter thefts.
Joe Genovese is normal supervisor of Arite Used Auto Elements. He stated auto recyclers don’t purchase catalytic converters anyway. He stated lawmakers ought to be wanting on the scrap yards that they’re bought to. They’re those that extract the valuable metals.
“They’re bought earlier than they’re even lower and so they know who they’re going to promote them to. So you must discover out who that’s. The place do these find yourself in the long run. Trigger for those who can regulate that then you may in all probability cease the converter thefts. However for those who can’t regulate that then it’s simply going to proceed to occur,” Genovese stated.
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We’re informed lots of the converters stolen listed here are bought in New Jersey.
There may be discuss of recent laws geared toward forcing insurance coverage firms to totally reimburse for stolen catalytic converters, however critics say it should elevate charges and do nothing to cease the thefts.
Legislation geared toward making catalytic converters tougher to promote
WESTPORT, CT — An unnamed Westport resident is $50,000 richer this week after claiming a winning lottery ticket purchased in Norwalk, the Connecticut Lottery announced.
On Thursday, the person claimed a winning 5X The Money 17th Edition ticket that was bought at Fred’s Car Wash on Westport Avenue.
The Connecticut Lottery publishes partial winner information as public record, according to officials.
The game, which costs $5 per ticket, began in May 2023, and as of Monday, one grand prize of $50,000 remained unclaimed.
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More than 5.2 million game tickets have been printed, and the overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.63.
DeWanna Bonner had 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Sun to a 69-50 win over Atlanta. (Photo courtesy Connecticut Sun)
DeWanna Bonner scored 18 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and had two blocks as the Connecticut Sun beat the Atlanta Dream on Sunday, 69-50 to remain undefeated with their eighth consecutive victory in Atlanta.
It is the best start in franchise history and only five other teams in league history have started the season with a better record. Minnesota owns the league record after winning their first 13 games of the season in 2016.
Bonner has led the Sun in scoring in six of eight games this season.
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Alyssa Thomas pulled down a season-high 14 rebounds and dished out 11 assists along with scoring eight points. DiJonai Carrington had 15 points, four rebounds and an assist while Ty Harris had 13 points, including three field goals from three-point range.
The Sun shot 42.4 percent from the floor but held their opponent under 29 percent shooting for the second time in the last three games. Atlanta converted on just 28.4 percent of their shots (19-of-67). On May 28, Connecticut held Phoenix to 23.8 percent shooting.
“I felt our defensive energy and intensity, especially those last three quarters, were really good,” Sun head coach Stephanie White said. “You have to give our players a lot of credit for their attention to detail and intensity on the defensive end of the floor.”
Tina Charles, the former UConn star who won a MVP with the Sun earlier in her career, led Atlanta (4-3) with 12 points, 12 rebounds, four steals and a block.
Connecticut also grabbed a season-high 45 rebounds in the win. The Sun outrebounded the Dream, 45-33.
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“We’ve been able to win some close games,” White said. “We’re nowhere near where we need to be in terms of how we’re playing on either end of the floor. And so we just focus on the next task at hand. This is a very, very, in the present task motivated group.”
“I also think we don’t care about the record. I mean, it’s a 40-game season,” Thomas said. “It’s a lot of basketball that we (need to) play. Right now, it’s just about us and getting better each and every game.”
The first quarter of action was a back-and-forth battle, with two lead changes and six ties.
Connecticut used a 20-6 run in the second period to find some separation, taking a 12-point advantage at the break, 39-27.
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The Sun led by as many as 22 points in the third quarter, but the Dream were able to cut the advantage to 14, 57-43, heading into the fourth.
Connecticut will host Washington on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Connecticut 69, Atlanta 50 At Atlanta Connecticut (69) Bonner 8-15, 0-2 18, Thomas 3-10, 2-4 8, Jones 4-7 1-2 9, Carrington 6-10 2-3 1, Harris 4-13, 2-2 13, Nelson Ododa 1-2 0-0 2, Mitchell 1-3 0-0 2, Jefferson 0-0 0-0 0, Banham 1-4 0-0 2, Egbo 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-66, 7-13, 69 Atlanta (50) Gray 3-11 2-2 9, Parker Tyus 2-5 0-0 4, Charles 5-18 2-2 12, Howard 2-9 0-0 4, Jones 1-6 0-0 3, Coffey 1-4 0-0 2, Dangerfield 1-4 0-0 2, Powers 2-8 2-2 7, Hillmon 2-2 3-4 7, Amiher 0-0 0-2 0, Cubaj 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-67 9-12, 50 Connecticut (8-0) 17 22 18 12 — 69 Atlanta (4-3) 17 10 16 7 — 50 Three-point goals: Connecticut 6-18 (Bonner 2-4, Carrington 1-2, Harris 3-9, Mitchell 0-1, Banham 0-2); Atlanta 3-16 (Gray 1-3, Charles 0-1, Howard 0-5, Jones 1-1, Coffey 0-2, Dangerfield 0-2, Powers 1-2)
It’s been a very busy weekend for Rutgers Football as they have several commitments from prospects following their Official Visits and today they added yet another in Connecticut wide receiver Jourdin Houston.
The 6-foot, 184-pound wideout plays for St. Thomas More Prep up in Connecticut, but is actually a New York native, previously playing for Christ The King High School out in Middle Village, New York.
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Now Houston has been hearing from the Scarlet Knights for a while now as he was offered back in February 2023 and has been back to campus for visits several times since and has built a very strong bond with the staff, specifically his future position coach in Dave Brock.
With the addition of Houston, he becomes the second player from St. Thomas More to join Rutgers as they also landed Sage Clawges as a member of the 2023 recruiting class and they are very involved with Houston’s current teammate Charles Bell Jr. too, as the staff hopes to build a pipeline of sorts to the New England prep school.
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With the addition of Houston, he becomes the third wide receiver recruit to join the 2025 class alongside Maryland’s Vernon Allen III and New Jersey’s Sah’nye Degraffenreidt.
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