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Paint it red and stamp it: Organizing Philly drivers, repair shops, insurers vs. car metal thieves

NE Phila Connected's Cat Cut program discourages precious-metal strippers who, drawn by high prices from recyclers, steal catalytic converters from parked vehicles, leaving $2,000-plus in damages

Allstate agent Tatsiana Maroz joined NE Phila Connected town watch founders Roman Krilov, left, and Roman Zhukov to promote Cat Cut, the group's program to reduce catalytic converter thefts, which have surged with the price of platinum and other metals used in the air-cleaning devices.
Allstate agent Tatsiana Maroz joined NE Phila Connected town watch founders Roman Krilov, left, and Roman Zhukov to promote Cat Cut, the group's program to reduce catalytic converter thefts, which have surged with the price of platinum and other metals used in the air-cleaning devices.Read moreNE Philly Connected