CMU Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles parked on campus and throughout the Mount Pleasant community. Investigators identified multiple vehicles that had catalytic converters cut out and recovered a significant number of suspected stolen catalytic converters, many believed to be from Ford Escapes, for which owners have not yet been identified. CMU Police are working with the Isabella County Sheriff's Office and the Mount Pleasant Police Department to identify victims. Anyone who believes their catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle on or near campus is asked to contact CMU Police at 989-774-3081.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
Both ABC12 and WNEM reported the arrests occurred 'early Tuesday morning,' which, combined with the February 15, 2023 publication dates of both outlets, places the arrests on February 14, 2023
The recovered converters were disproportionately identified as coming from Ford Escapes, a detail suggesting the thieves targeted a specific vehicle model rather than opportunistically hitting any parked car
CMU Police explicitly noted they had not yet identified all rightful owners of the recovered, already-cut converters, meaning the true scope of the theft ring's activity likely exceeded the incidents formally reported to police
This is a paraphrase built from indexed excerpts of ABC12's and WNEM's reporting on the CMU Police announcement; the literal wording of any official CMU Police statement could not be independently confirmed because the source pages could not be fully retrieved in this session