By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Another catalytic converter has been reported stolen in Kenwood Park, this time from a vehicle parked at the Saline County Livestock & Expo Center.
Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning that sometime between July 22 and Monday, someone stole a catalytic converter from a water truck belonging to Landscape Consultants, LLC. The truck was parked there so that newly planted grass could be watered. A Landscape Consultants employee attempted to move the truck Monday and discovered the theft.
Melander said the truck was an old small dump truck with a water tank on the back.
The catalytic converter was valued at $1,000. Additionally, $100 worth of damage was done to the truck's exhaust pipe, Melander said.
Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, someone cut the catalytic converter off of a 2001 Ford Excursion belonging to a 44-year-old Minneapolis man, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported Monday. The SUV was parked in the west parking lot of Tony's Pizza Events Center in Kenwood Park. That loss was estimated at $1,300.
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In a legal opinion on May 26, 2021, Kansas Attorney General noted that "Catalytic converters are covered by the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act, so transactions involving their purchase by scrap metal dealers are regulated and must be reported to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation database."