Catalytic converter thief targets family-owned Atlanta daycare

ATLANTA — An Atlanta daycare owned by a husband and spouse was focused by a catalytic converter thief this week, leaving them scrambling to cowl the prices to exchange the half of their daycare bus.

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“You’re taking out of the mouths of the children,” stated Ms. Niecy’s Studying Middle co-founder John Kimbrough. “That’s essentially the most irritating half.”

It occurred Monday morning at round 4 o’clock on the daycare on Previous Hapeville Street in Southwest Atlanta, the place the nonprofit daycare has been for the previous 9 years.

Surveillance video exhibits somebody with a noticed connected with a lightweight crawl beneath to steal the coveted half that thieves usually then promote for money.

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“That’s cash that we could possibly be utilizing to purchase provides, crayons, paper pens,” stated Kimbrough. “Now we’ve to take that and purchase a brand new catalytic converter.”

Kimbrough says it’s not their solely bus however that they’ll’t afford to be down a single one when college begins once more in August.

“A few of our dad and mom don’t have transportation,” he stated. “We have been capable of choose them up from properties, wherever to take them to highschool, take them again dwelling and the dad and mom rely on us.”

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Atlanta police are investigating after Kimbrough and his spouse filed a report. If the thief is caught, he says he’s not against serving to him get again on his ft.

“Let’s get the man some assist,” he stated. “, he can come lower my grass. I’ll pay him. You don’t need to steal from individuals.”

Kimbrough has began a GoFundMe in hopes of changing the stolen catalytic converter. If , you may donate right here.

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