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Catalytic Converter

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

Third Theft in Three Months Reported at Bimmers South Automotive

Another catalytic converter was stolen on Jan. 2, 2013.

A new year, a similar theft. On Jan. 2, someone cut and removed a catalytic converter from a 2001 BMW located at Bimmers South Automotive on Ashley Avenue in Bogart, according to an Oconee County Sheriff's Office incident report. The theft reportedly occurred sometime between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.  Damage was also done to the vehicle's frame. Additionally, several motor vehicle crates that had been inside a bin near the vehicle were taken. The converter is valued at $700 and the crates together cost around $150. At the end of November, a catalytic converter, fifteen radiators/condensers and twelve aluminum intake manifolds were taken from the property. Another catalytic converter was removed from a BMW in late October.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

Bimmers South Automotive Reports Theft of Catalytic Converter

It is the second such theft to occur at the business in as many months.

A theft occurred at Bimmers South Automotive located on Ashley Avenue sometime between 4:25 a.m. and 5:50 a.m. on Nov. 28.  Someone entered the property through a hole in a fence and took a catalytic converter, fifteen radiators/condensers and twelve aluminum intake manifolds, according to an Oconee County Sheriff's Office incident report. The total loss is estimated at $2,200.  Two vehicles were also damaged in the process, and the cost to repair them is an additional $2,200. A similar incident was reported at the end of October. In that case, a chain link fence on the far end of the property was cut and a catalytic converter was removed from a BMW. 

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