Police say woman can't keep her hands off catalytic converters; arrested for second time in three weeks for train-stop thefts
Fager (l) and Neto.MBTA Transit Police report arresting a Fall River woman yesterday on charges she and a pal stole catalytic converters from cars parked at commuter lots in Sharon and Attleboro - less than a month after she and her husband were arrested for allegedly stealing catalytic converters from cars parked at South Shore commuter-rail stops.
In fact, Tina Fager was due back in Plymouth District Court today for a hearing on the January charges.
According to Transit Police, Fager and Jamie Neto were under surveillance by officers investigating converter thefts when pulled over on 95 south by Exit 3 in Attleboro arouned 6 p.m. yesterday. Police say they were in the same car Fager and her husband Dennis were in when they were stopped in Hanson last month. Unable to make bail, Dennis Fager remains behind bars.
Police charge Fager and Neto detached three converters in Sharon and one in Attleboro and that they were nabbed with a Makita cordless saw, a map book with the locations of several MBTA commuter stations circled and four catalytic converters.
Innocent, etc.
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Sad aspect for the husband...
His wife probably was doing this again for the fact that they couldn't post bail for the husband. It is pretty amazing that people don't realize that their cars are carrying about an ounce of platinum that can go for $1600/oz.
Not an ounce
Usually 3 grams, or about $200-400.
Alaska
The Courts should send them to Alaska where they can pan for gold. Gold prices are running $1727 an ounce
Yikes, Fager is BUSTED
No, she's not stealing the converters to buy meth or anything. Yeah, "bail."
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Who's buying it?
Yeah, it's criminal, but who's paying for this stuff? Unless the Fagers have a forge at home with which to extract this material on their own (unlikely), someone's gotta be buying the converters.
This would have been a *PERFECT* time to follow her to her buyer and bust a bunch of them at once.
Scrap metal shops, recyclying centers
Most car yards, scrap metal places, will take those off you for a small fee. Then go around, resell the platinum inside the converters and get a cut of the profits. It's a sizable fee and does make it worth it for those with the know how.
She should contact Chelsea Ingalls' stylist.
http://www.universalhub.com/2011/police-pinch-purp...
Three strikes would solve
Three strikes would solve this problem.
No it wouldn't
since it addresses violent crimes, not property crimes.
Yama Hama
it's fright night!
This makes me feel safe about
This makes me feel safe about parking my vehicle at the commuter rail lots. :( -Mea www.hertrainstories.blogspot.com
wowwwww,and the dumbest
wowwwww,and the dumbest criminal award goes to.......... jamie and tina. and no dummys, they werent trying to get dennis bail up they were FIEND OUT....... but dont worry jamie i still love u... love gina