Springfield Police Officers Stop Catalytic Converter Theft in Progress
Springfield, Mass. — On Wednesday July 6th at approximately 2:20 a.m. arrested 45-year-old Tyran Mohown on the 900 block of Boston Road.
Springfield Police Officers were patrolling on Boston Road with their windows down and heard the sound of a hackzall which is a tool used to cut metal and is known to be a tool used in the theft of catalytic converters. Officers located the sound and observed an individual, later identified as Mohown, under a car. Officers placed Mohown under arrest.
They recovered a hackzall and a bag with a catalytic converter inside. The catalytic converter of the car Mohown was located under was still intact.
45-year-old Tyran Mohown of Springfield is charged with:
- Malicious Damage to a Motor Vehicle (2 Counts)
- Larceny Under $1200
- Attempted Larceny Under $1200
- Possession of a Burglarious Instrument
His booking photo is not immediately available due to the ongoing investigations of catalytic converter thefts in the area.