{"id":455159,"date":"2026-09-06T05:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455159\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:56:11","slug":"orange-county-sheriffs-investigation-leads-to-seizure-of-4-3-million-in-catalytic-converters-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455159\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County sheriff\u2019s investigation leads to seizure of $4.3 million in catalytic converters \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A three-month long investigation into an alleged catalytic converter theft ring in Southern California led to the discovery of about $4.3 million worth of the auto parts after detectives served search warrants this week, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department and other agencies served the warrants on Friday, Sept. 3, in response to thefts that occurred in multiple cities in north Orange County, sheriff\u2019s officials said in a Saturday statement.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials announced the arrest of five men and seized two firearms and than more than $105,000, in addition to the recovered catalytic converters, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OCR-L-CONVERTERS-03.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of catalytic converters were recovered by the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department following the service of search warrants in north Orange County and Los Angeles County on Friday, Sept. 3. (Courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OCR-L-CONVERTERS-0906-02-rotated-1.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of catalytic converters were recovered by the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department following the service of search warrants in north Orange County and Los Angeles County on Friday, Sept. 3. (Courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OCR-L-CONVERTER-0906-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of catalytic converters were recovered by the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department following the service of search warrants in north Orange County and Los Angeles County on Friday, Sept. 3. (Courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>Five men were arrested and about $4.3 million worth of catalytic converters were recovered by the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department following the service of search warrants in north Orange County and Los Angeles County on Friday, Sept. 3. (Courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis serves as a reminder to stay vigilant, park in well-lit areas or inside a garage, and invest in anti-theft devices or find a service provider to etch identifying information on car parts,\u201d the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of grand theft and conspiracy to commit a crime, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Those arrested were:<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Alberto Delgadillo, 35, of Maywood,<br \/>\nJulio Moreno Reyes, 40, of Los Angeles,<br \/>\nGilberto Valdovino, 27, of Los Angeles,<br \/>\nBrayan CruzDeLeon, 20, of Los Angeles and,<br \/>\nHugo SaenzMarin, 24, of Compton.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department Major Crimes Bureau, Los Angeles County Fire\/ Haz-Mat Investigations, California Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations, California Department of Insurance Investigation and City of Irvine Code Enforcement assisted in the service of the search warrants, according to the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>The thefts primarily occurred in north Orange County and Los Angeles County, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A three-month long investigation into an alleged catalytic converter theft ring in Southern California led to the discovery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,723,138,1071,23,137,100,611,1492,136],"class_list":["post-455159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-crime","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-local-government","tag-local-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-public-safety","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}