Is Automobile Scrap Recycling Getting Dangerous?

Are automobile scrappers, junk car buyers and auto recyclers the new targets for opportunist thieves? With the prices of automobile scrap and junk cars continuing to flourish, theft from vehicles and other valuable metals bearing entities has increased. This week in NJ a band of thieves has turned to armed robbery from an automobile scrapper.

According to New Jersey’s Star Ledger “four men suspected of stealing valuable car components from an auto salvage shop in Elizabeth exchanged gunfire with city police before they were taken into custody after their stolen truck collided with a police cruiser.” Yes, you read it correctly, a shootout occurred over automobile scrap! “Armed with automatic weapons and handguns, thieves entered Bay Way Scrap Metal in Elizabeth, NJ and tied up several employees and drove off with a U-Haul truck loaded with catalytic converters Deputy Police Chief John Brennan said.” The link to the complete article is on this site: http://www.nj.com/

As an automobile scrapper this seems to be a bit extreme. Junk car buyers and auto recyclers are unlikely targets. Scrap car prices and junk car prices are high, but not high enough to begin targeting “cash for cars” companies and junk car buyers.

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