The operation was conducted on the 45000 block of Division Street, according to a news release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.
“One male adult was arrested for grand theft, receiving stolen property and being in possession of the ghost gun manufacturing kit. He was transported and booked at Lancaster Station on a $20,000 bail,” according to the news release, which did not identify the suspect.
The operation was conducted by the AV Cat Crusaders, a joint task force of detectives from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station and the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.
“The detectives on the task force dedicate themselves exclusively to combating catalytic converter thefts.” the news release states. No further information on Wednesday’s operation was immediately available.
Anyone with information regarding catalytic converter thefts in the area is encouraged to contact Detective Gelardo at 661-940-3871 or by emailing magelard@lasd.org.
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Jason ZINK says
Hats off to the Task Force – Great Job!
Andre Depavloff says
As usual there two sides to every story. Our justice system is not perfect by any means, but go to Mexico or Burma and quickly you will realize how many basic rights you have here. I’m not advocating for the police I hear you guys and I’ve met some real MFers over the years. But I’ve also met some damn good cops who risk their lives every day in an effort to keep us safe. I think we should highlight the good deeds and down play the [removed] if possible.
Davina says
Great job police catching these crooks. Now what are you going to do with the catalytic converters???
Give them back to the people that had there’s stolen! No you don’t. So now you are the crooks.
Tim Scott says
If you have something stolen your chances of getting it back are a whole lot better before the cops “recover” it than after.
SMH says
$20,000 bail?! This is part of the reason we are witnessing a decline in society.
Tim Scott says
This is a particularly random, disconnected comment. Let me try to top it.
Lions tigers and bears!!! No wonder there’s a space race!
Tone says
They will try to track down the owners of the cat. converters. Last year they had a program where they would engrave your cat. converter for free with your license plate number. That way it is easier to get them back to the owners if they are stolen. I took my car there and it was a nice experience.
FWB says
That’s to little, to late. Most people would have to replace their stolen converter asap so they could continue to get to work.
Exactly how to they track down the owners when there’s no way to i.d. the owner unless they engraved their license plate number of the converter.
If the converter is engraved no tracking down is necessary.. They just have to us the license info to contact the owner.
Tim Scott says
They aren’t likely to do that either. Unless finding the owner of the stolen property in some way helps make a case, the stolen property just goes in “waiting to be claimed” until enough time has passed to move it into “sell this stuff off and get petty cash.”
Tim Scott says
LOL…they aren’t going to make any such effort.
FWB says
I know from experience you are correct.
Beeecee says
Flashback to Tims assessment that most of these catalytic converter thefts were probably just insurance fraud on behalf of the vehicle owner,
and not just criminals going around and sawing them out from underneath cars and turning selling them to recyclers.
Definitely one his dumbest moments.
Tim Scott says
Only a deecee would look at 41 recovered catalytic converters in a valley with half a million cars and say “LOOK, widespread crime!!!” I’ve known plenty of deecees, but you might be the deeest.
Beecee says
So you claim catalytic converter theft is not widespread criminal activity?
And your sticking to that?
Tim Scott says
There are half a million cars with catalytic converters in the AV. How many does a deecee think need to be stolen for it to be a major problem? It’s a problem for the INCREDIBLY RARE person that it happens to…period. It isn’t a “crime wave” or whatever other nonsense you and sloppy tried to make out of it.
But once a deecee, always a deecee, so just keep dripping nonsense. Clap, clap.
Danny says
This is a hard thing to do in this day and time but I have a perfect solution to the catalytic converter thieves.When you bust them, no trial! Bring them to the nearest slaughter house for cows and hogs after hours,wear masks and amputate the hand or rather make that hand useless and make it known next time they’re caught,bullets to the brain! I believe you crush a hand, you would get their attention.Should they be really stupid chop off the whole arm! Stop playing with them!
Tim Scott says
Yeah, mutilation without trial is a bit hard to do in this day and time. The fact you consider it “perfect” places you better in a caliphate about 3000 years ago than in a republic governed by laws. You are infinitely more dangerous than a catalytic converter thief, so what is the “perfect” solution for you?
Lee says
Great job !
Thank You to All involved in the effort.
FWB says
$20,000 bail – He’s already out!
LEO’s are clearly just going to work for the money… Their efforts are worthless to the citizens.
Christopher Murphy says
Dumb……..
Well at least there on paper now…..
Oh just walk up to them since you know who they are now and bust them up…….