minervadoe Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Sacramento Man Run over and Killed While Trying to Steal Catalytic Converter A man was run over and killed in Sacramento, California, early Monday morning after he was struck as he allegedly attempted to steal a catalytic converter from a parked vehicle. The Sacramento Police Department (SPD) said officers responded just before 4:45 a.m. to reports of a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian, CBS Sacramento reports. Officers arrived and found the casualty who had sustained serious injuries. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the SPD. He was subsequently identified as Jose Adolfo Rangel, 28. On-scene investigators confirmed Rangel was tampering with the vehicle at the time of the collision. The driver of the vehicle spoke with officers at the scene. Police said on Monday afternoon detectives believe the man who died was tampering with the vehicle to steal its catalytic converter before the collision. A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction. It contains precious metals, such as platinum, gold, rhodium and palladium, that have high value in the recycling market. Typically, suspected thieves work to remove and steal the catalytic converter by getting beneath the target vehicle. As Breitbart News reported, a North Carolina man suffered a similar fate last December. “Detectives found evidence on scene that would indicate the male was in the process of cutting off and stealing the catalytic converter belonging to the Toyota Prius prior to his death,” the sheriff’s office wrote after the event. Evidence at the scene of that different incident indicated while the subject was cutting the exhaust pipe, the car jack failed, and the vehicle landed on top of the man, the office stated. https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2022/04/12/sacramento-man-run-over-and-killed-while-trying-to-steal-catalytic-converter/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 12, 2022 Administrators Share Posted April 12, 2022 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat1 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Amen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Hope he suffered a while. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 His family will sue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 12, 2022 Administrators Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfost11 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I thought "run over" means the car was driving and literally ran over you, not that the car slipped off poorly situated jack stands and crushed you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Sounds like he was under a parked car and that car got hit by another driver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, minervadoe said: “Detectives found evidence on scene that would indicate the male was in the process of cutting off and stealing the catalytic converter belonging to the Toyota Prius prior to his death,” the sheriff’s office wrote after the event. If he'd chosen an electric Prius he'd still be with us... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Chalk up another win for Darwin! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I probably shouldn't joke about such things, but it would have been hilarious if the car he was trying to steal the converter off of was a Tesla! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 Being Italian, I was told every Italian joke known to mankind when I was growing up. I specialized in letting other people tell most of the joke while I waited patiently and then told the punchline. So ...... ..... Did you hear the one about the Italian terrorist who tried to blow up a car? He burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 12, 2022 Administrators Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, minervadoe said: Being Italian, I was told every Italian joke known to mankind when I was growing up. I specialized in letting other people tell most of the joke while I waited patiently and then told the punchline. So ...... ..... Did you hear the one about the Italian terrorist who tried to blow up a car? He burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. Did you hear about the Italian that moved to Poland and raised the IQ of both countries? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 "I dunno abouta that, but it sure keepsa the flies offa my pizza!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Eric said: Did you hear about the Italian that moved to Poland and raised the IQ of both countries? The Italians and the Poles were both pretty miffed about being the brunt of all these ethnic jokes. So, they decided to play a game of American football where the loser would be the sole target of all future jokes. The first half was scoreless. Well into the second half, a garbage truck drove up to empty a dumpster by the field. The Italians thinking it was lunch time left the field and swarmed around the truck. Three plays later, the Pollocks scored. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 My wife's family is Polish and German. The polish jokes her father told me never ended. He thought they were funny as hell. But I'm Scandinavian, so no joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 26 minutes ago, janice6 said: My wife's family is Polish and German. The polish jokes her father told me never ended. He thought they were funny as hell. But I'm Scandinavian, so no joke. I never heard any Scandinavian jokes. So I just had to do a 13 second Intrawebs search to see what was out there. And now I know why there aren't any. https://upjoke.com/scandinavian-jokes https://jokojokes.com/scandinavian-jokes.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 5 hours ago, jmohme said: I probably shouldn't joke about such things, but it would have been hilarious if the car he was trying to steal the converter off of was a Tesla! Tweakers are that stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, janice6 said: My wife's family is Polish and German. The polish jokes her father told me never ended. He thought they were funny as hell. But I'm Scandinavian, so no joke. I have a good one about a Swede and a Finn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 6 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: I have a good one about a Swede and a Finn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 7 hours ago, minervadoe said: A Swede and a Finn were looking at a tall tree. The Finn said, "I wonder how tall it is." The Swede used his ax to fell the large tree and then measured it. "A hundred and twelve feet." The Finn the says, "I wanted to know how tall it is, not how long it is." 1 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Nice to hear good news for a change! Fell off the jack. Stamped out crime! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I find in my heart a lack of sympathy for either catalytic converter thief. And I hope neither of them procreated before their demise. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 There is a reason that some things are called your "Just Desserts". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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