Over the past six weeks, the city of Middletown has seen 10 catalytic converter thefts, a significant jump from before, according to Police Lieutenant Jeffry Thoelen. 
These crimes were committed randomly on the street or in a public parking lot between midnight and five o’clock, he told The Epoch Times on Nov. 28.
Some were captured on public and private cameras. 
Thoelen said of the suspects, “They drive around, they get under a car, and they use a battery-powered saw. They are in and out—like two minutes—and they move on to the next one.” 
He said he believed a local criminal ring was responsible. …