MOBILE, Ala. (WALA)– Two folks caught on video stealing from a church bus out of Theodore, and investigators say the suspects are searching for catalytic converters and work quick.
Thieves most probably steal these converters as a result of they’ll resell the metals for lots of of {dollars}.
Surveillance video from Halfway Missionary Baptist Church confirmed a automotive rushing into the car parking zone, two folks working as much as the church van, reducing free the catalytic converter, and dashing again to the getaway automotive. One suspect practically fell down within the course of.
This occurred September 26. Crew Sheriff posted to Fb Thursday for assist figuring out the suspected thieves.
However there’s extra.
Nearly a month afterward October 21, one other surveillance video from tech retailer Play and Speak on Airport Boulevard surfaced.
Within the video, one man climbed out of a dumpster, whereas one other was beneath the van, allegedly reducing out the converter. These suspects have already been recognized and arrested.
Cellular County Sheriff Sam Cochran stated these robberies aren’t random. These crooks know precisely what to focus on.
“The largest incidence of the theft are at long-term parking tons,” he stated. “Parking tons the place you might have a fleet of automobiles parked, corresponding to the varsity system may have a number of buses, church buildings might have buses and vans.”
One technique to stop changing into the subsequent sufferer is to maintain automobiles parked in a storage.
If anybody has info on the theft as Halfway Missionary Baptist Church, attain out to the Cellular Sheriff’s Division at 251-574-8633 or go to www.Mobileso.com/crimetips. Ideas can stay nameless.
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