More Non-Punishment

Caught red-handed....and his sentence?

• When Chicago police arrested two men and seized 211 catalytic converters last year, prosecutors said it was the culmination of a nearly year-long investigation. Now, one of those men has pleaded guilty to playing a role in the crime. His sentence? Probation.

  Cops had a search warrant in hand for a storage unit in the 4500 block of West North Avenue when Marzel Woodard, called the “ringleader” of the operation, arrived at the storage facility with Vincent Parks on June 30, 2023, officials said

  The undercover officers watched as Woodard and Parks started to unload catalytic converters from a vehicle into the unit, prosecutors said. They tried to run away when the cops moved in but didn’t get far.

  Police allegedly found five severed catalytic converters inside Woodard’s vehicle. Officials claimed that another 206 converters were found in Woodard’s storage unit as they executed the warrant.

Every single one of these thefts cost the car owner in excess of $1,200 in repairs.

Until we get some real sentencing for blatant crimes, we're going to get more and more and more of it.