Jackson Jambalaya

Better build security entrances & hire 24-7 security guards at all those apartment complexes in north Jackson/south Ridgeland to protect all those “residents”.

The democrat party needs to step up and and pass new laws to make catalytic converter theft an act of eco-terrorism.

Investigating these thefts must be very exhausting.

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Several months ago the thieves hit our old farm truck. We're in a rural area. Hubby apparently scared them off by turning on the garage light and going outside for a few minutes, not realizing that some scumbag was lying under the truck within 10 feet of him. So thief succeeded in cutting slits above and below the converter but did not succeed in taking it. They have come back two more times, each time we scared them off.

We now have some little cameras, like Ring I guess, placed in strategic locations including under the truck. Hubby gets an alert and the videos on his cell phone. Can talk through it, too.

So now the converter on 1999 Toyota truck with only 200,000 miles doesn't work. Muffler shops won't fix just the converter, want about $2000 to replace entire muffler assembly. Our old truck isn't worth a $2000 repair (although it is priceless to me!) so hubby jerry-rigged a repair he saw on YouTube. So far, so good.

BTW, the thieves at our house were driving a late model white station wagon-style car. It didn't look like a SUV because it wasn't tall enough. We assume they are armed and violent.

1:54 and her husband are much more kind and restrained than anybody I know.

What is a catalytic converter worth now days? Just asking for a friend.

@1:54 PM This is why Remington invented shotguns.

12:49 Good one!!

Don't you have auto insurance? Why aren't they paying to replace the damaged exhaust system?

Lost two in Jackson.

Plus two other times they just took the whole vehicle(s).. converter(s) and all.

That'd be 4 for me.

@5:12
I am not the original commenter. But who full insures a 23 year old Toyota with 200k miles?

Theft prevention solution: https://www.napaonline.com/accessories/catclamp-catalytic-converter-lock

Why not prosecute the purchasers of these stolen products? But, that is to practical, and who knows who they are paying off.

I'm the one with the 1999 Toyota truck with the slit converter. We don't shoot guns at them because it is against the law to use deadly force to protect property. If the thieves attempted to break into our house, they would be dead. We won't make an insurance claim because the deductible for the truck is $1000. The insurance company would probably consider the truck totaled in light of the cost to repair it. We can't replace a well-maintained farm truck with the money we'd receive if the insurer considered it totaled.

Hence, hubby explored what to do on his own.

Farm truck lady here again. The sheriff's office told us that the thieves target only old vehicles - year 2000 and older - because the converters are easy to reach. The location of the converters on newer vehicles make it difficult for them to be stolen.

A friend stopped on the frontage road in south jackson for about 30 minutes, as he was looking for something in a creek. While he was down there, someone stopped and cut his cats off! In broad daylight, on the frontage road, with him probably less than 50 yards away! Jackson is history!

By the way, we looked it up, and his cats would've netted the thieves $650! No wonder this crime has become so common!

Simple, 12:51. Blow him away. Surely you heard him say he was going to cut you in half with the sawzall as soon as he slid out from under the car. Who can prove the corpse did not say that. Pull the trigger, pussy...You feared for your life.

I still say Summary Executions.

Why can't they find out who is buying them from these crack heads?

Punish them and this all will go away.

The scrap metal guys know they are buying stolen goods. Makes me sick