By Kristi Phillips
Staff Writer
As of Aug. 23, catalytic converters started to disappear out of Toyota trucks on campus.
The campus Sheriffs' office has been doing extra surveillance in the parking lot with the help of
the Lancaster Sheriffs' Department to try to catch the thief.
Although the converters were stolen on campus, “AVC will not be reimbursing the
students for their stolen property because it is not their responsibility,” says Deputy Miguel
Ruiz, “such as if you were to have something stolen in the parking lot of Target or Wal-Mart,
they wouldn’t be reimbursing you for your property,”
Although at the moment the thief has not been caught, the sheriffs have a suspect and
are “pretty confident” that they have found the right person.
In the mean time, big changes are happening on campus in the Sheriffs' office. Next week
bicycle patrol will be coming to AVC and the sheriffs are looking into possibly getting drug dogs
on campus in hopes of stopping crimes such as the converter theft from happening.
