Metro Transit Police today arrested Terry Card, 49, of no fixed address, on charges of grand larceny, vehicle destruction and possession of burglarious tools stemming from multiple thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles parked at Metro parking garages.
Three of the incidents occurred May 26, at the Huntington Metro Station parking garage. In all three cases, the suspect cut the catalytic converters from late-model Honda vehicles, thereby rendering them inoperable.
Later that day, Card was stopped by a Charles County Sherriff's Officer on a traffic stop in Waldorf, Maryland, and Card was arrested on unrelated charges. A search warrant was obtained for Card's vehicle by Charles County Detectives and, during the search, officers found six catalytic converters, a vehicle jack and a sawsall with several blades.
Charles County Police and Metro Transit Police Detectives shared information about the case, and subsequently, MTPD detectives were able to match the catalytic converters to the vehicles that were damaged on May 26 at Huntington Station.
MTPD detectives subsequently linked Card to three additional catalytic converter thefts that occurred on May 13, at Branch Avenue Station. On that date, catalytic converters were stolen from two Honda vehicles and one Cadillac.
Card will face charges for the May 26 incidents in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Charges for the Branch Avenue cases are pending.
Metro Transit Police are sharing information with law-enforcement partners throughout the region in an effort to determine whether there are links to cases off Metro property.
