South River Man Charged With Theft For Buying Stolen Car Parts

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — A South River gentleman was arrested and charged with theft for buying stolen catalytic converters, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella stated Tuesday.

Jozef Kiszka, 42, of 63 Darrow Road, South River was billed with 3rd-diploma working in stolen residence, 3rd-degree conspiracy to dedicate theft and 3rd-degree theft of movable assets of various victims.

The fees stem from a month-prolonged investigation by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Place of work Exclusive Investigations.

According to authorities, Kiszka unlawfully bought stolen catalytic converters from a number of people. On Wednesday, March 23, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Place of work arrested Kiszka without the need of incident at his location of work in Woodbridge, Musella reported.

He was produced pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

Across New Jersey, police noted a spike in catalytic converter thefts, with cars remaining hit throughout Central and North Jersey.

Thieves slice off converters from the underside of automobiles and then offer them at a superior mark-up at possibly auto body retailers or junkyards.

A catalytic converter is identified in a car’s undercarriage and is designed to minimize the pollutants and toxic gases the engine produces.

Catalytic converters are manufactured out of treasured metals, which includes platinum, and appropriate now they can be re-offered at a very significant mark-up on the black market place. Palladium, another treasured steel used in converters, is also selling at an all-time superior suitable now because of to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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