SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 24-year-old Missouri man has pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines into Arkansas.
Evan Marshall, of Rogersville, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to transporting stolen property as part of a multi-million dollar business.
Marshall is the sixth of seven people indicted in the case to plead guilty. He admitted that he bought and transported stolen catalytic converters valued at $1 million or more to a business in Mountain Home, Ark.
Theft of the emission control devices has skyrocketed across the country because they contain valuable precious metals.
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