Family confronts catalytic converter thieves with paintball guns
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2023
- An apparent catalytic converter theft was thwarted after the would-be thieves were chased off by a Turlock family wielding paintball guns.
The brazen attempt happened Oct. 4, 2022 just before 12:30 p.m. Turlock Police spokesperson Sgt. Mike Parmley said two men were trying to take the catalytic converter from the family's 2000 Ford Excursion.: www.abc10.com/article/news/cr...
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Broad daylight, in someone's driveway, making all that noise? They are BOLD.
Not sure bold is the word.
More like High af
@@blessedplayah4105Yep 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They are on drugs
Bold isn't the word that comes to my mind😅😂
Imagine having a remote for your car to drive during these types of situations
That's manslaughter!
@@ZeroHero1124who cares
That actually happened to a thief the driver “didn’t know” someone was under her car she was sleeping in, woke up went to drive off and thought she just hit a pot hole or something … she never got in trouble for it
Yeah a remote hydraulic to lower....
@@ZeroHero1124 BS....a guy dropped the jack on a guy while trying to steal his converter killing the guy....cops did nothing....
They were very kind using paintballs
Lol
That is because California took away their guns.
Yeah, unfortunately.
Lol and world thinking Brazil a Very dangerous 😂 Curitiba-PR never see this
Yes my thought exactly, 308 riffle, no scattergun may hurt the paintwork
I wish they would work that hard to get a real job.
so true just so sad too see
They were way too comfortable stealing in broad daylight.
I’ll sayyy
Happens in the uk every day
I work for my state next to a police academy and someone yoinked my coworkers cat off the car at 9am in the morning on the street. These losers don’t care and have no shame if they get caught.
Happens all the time, that’s when people least expect stuff unfortunately
@@christaylor3911uk have good pounds
The fact they're doing this in broad daylight in front of everyone is mind-blowing
It just looks like they're working on their own vehicle but the fact the owners were there and how would they know if they weren't going to get some lead, is probably because it's an inside job.
Quote from Rick James, “cocaine…it’s a hellava drug!” Would be my guess why in broad daylight! 🤦🏻♂️ dang thieves need to get treated accordingly…I swear feels like everywhere crime is rampant and going unpunished and why thieves don’t care to get caught. 😡
Welcome to California
Meth
None of them should be able to exhale nor inhale when he finish.
Paintball gun? HA! They got lucky!
Same thing happened to me here in East LA but my fat cousin sit on the thief legs and the rat couldn't move until the Police arrived and arrested him. 😡
😂🤣🤣
You have a great cousin
@@gaylamoore162super great
Your cousin is not fat, he just has thick bones.
Your in Cali they gonna release tht animal he will be back be careful who you vote for😂
You gotta be a bold MF'er to do stuff like this in broad daylight!
More like stupid
Or a dumb one!
Probably Cali where it won't even be prosecuted, but the owner with the paintball gun will probably be charged for assaulting the thieves.
Because it's fake
It's called meth sir
Ill never understand how people can work so hard to steal but not work a job like, wat?
Goood question.
Excellent point
@@rumandredbull .....and a looong siesta in between...right !
It’s a lot easier to just fkn work than it is to steal.
Some people derive existential satisfaction out of being parasytes
Someone should install air suspension on this and when it senses some grinding automatically lowers 😂
Illegal, but good try.
@skimo6629 is it though? Hyundai and kias are rolling back on their own sometimes you just have mechanical failures
It would be considered a trap.
@@skimo6629nah, it's a safety feature
@@skimo6629 🤓.
Not sure if you're aware of this but, Glock deters repeat offenders.
I ain't gonna lie this is the best ad for paintball guns
@@RalphWiggumcrayon yeah I feel you. But I have neither gotta start somewhere
😂
Agreed!
Love it!!
Buy paint ball stocks now...😅
Effective, non-lethal, and hilarious. 15/10.
Only drugs addicts
Hardly effective, they are under another car as I write this……
Except the non part.
they already did thousands in damage... how is this effective?
And makes it easy for cops to find 😁
This people just have no shame whatsoever
Yes taking a stand on what u and your family worked for😅😂😂😂😂 like the old saying if you stay ready then you ain't got to get ready so amen my brother and stay safe keep it safe stay safe
Anyone who’s paint-balled before. You know these guys thought they were really being shot for a minute.
Depends on the fps, but 100%
Most def, they thought that they were leaking
@christianarzate6387 most are tuned at 300 for field use
You ever been shot?
Those paintballs hurt lol
They better be glad it wasn't an actual gun
My thoughts exactly 🤣 I don't own a paintball gun.
I own plenty of "paintball guns" that only shoot metal.
Why does my paint ball gun look like a chefs knife?
Yeah then end up in prison for protecting your property
@@ck-wh4vdnot really how it works it many states, but okay😊
The absolute NERVE of some people 🙄
No lookout, just laid out casually kkkk legends
It's always the dudes with no belt having to run away from crimes.
may be they just want to buy belts 😂😂😂😂😂
Can't steal a belt
@@TheodoreHoesevelt it comes with honour which they lack
insert benny hill music here.
Ayoooo ahaaaaaa
Those robbers got lucky the guns wasn’t real
I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that would be more illegal
Just get in, don't see the dudes, and back up.
Officer I grab the real gun by mistake
@@roachdoggjr8808self defense applies to private property
@@roachdoggjr8808 maybe ina communist state, but where im at, you can defend yourself, and your property with lethal force, ESPECIALLY on your own property. They woulda caught some 45 if that was my truck
Lucky it was just paintballs 😂
That scream at first is gold
people that steal from common folks are the worst people
People that think it is OK to steal from non-common people 99% as bad.
People that steal from any folks are the worst people
Capitalists steal added value from billions of people every second!
простые люди на машинах не ездят
@@user-ne7bo9tv1xmaybe in your country.
Imagine having so much audacity that you try to steal a catalytic converter out of someone's driveway while sagging.
And in the day, its called Cali smh
They were only doing it so they could buy a belt to hold their pants up
Same type of people who don't know how to put a lid on a big gulp,, know what I mean
@@timothyherter2555lmfao
Happened to my company truck in broad daylight. These bums don’t care. They know it’s a slap on the wrist
They ran spooked thinking they got hit wit da real deal 🤣🤣
Не представляю сколько б они моторов корейских спасли! Молодцы мужики!
Some parts of the world they cut your hands off
Not in US. Everyone here has become too soft.
Yes and then people make posts about how book stores leave their shops open and no one steals from them over night
In mexico they slam the car door on your hand for bieng a thief 😂
Until they do that here it won’t get any better.The nerve of these guys in broad daylight.They aren’t worried about jail time.Eye for an eye is the only way
@@QwickFoXX I can get behind this
Anyone else sad that we didn’t get to see the thieves in pain? 😢
Trust me, paintballs hurt when they hit you.
I paused to hit the comments and I found yours. Now I won't waste my time finishing the video. Thank you🎉
you see those first jumps? they were in pain.
Yo
Extremely sad!
the gall, the audacity
Bro was so mad he broke the sound barrier ☠
They’re lucky they didn’t go to the wrong house with the right weapon
I'm sure they had the right weapons.
the “right” weapon? you mean a real gun? why would that be necessary here?
@@gottalovethatanime5because they’re being robbed? They have every right to use it
@@gottalovethatanime5 I wish I was a naive child again too. Hopefully nothing ever happens to you where you need to rethink this sentence of yours
@Trollcatsfortrolls enjoy your prison sentence.
My neighbor caught a dude doin this and broke dudes foot wit a sledge hammer😂
Sweet!! And I was just lookin at those ankles and wondering about a nine iron!
Been there
Good!
Sounds like a good neighbor
Sounds like something that didn’t happen 😂
There has to be heavy punishment ,it's a 10 thousand year old fear that always works
Кошмар! Насколько обнаглели эти бандиты уже.Средь бела дня грабить шуметь и не бояться(((
You know for a split second that dude was like "I'm hit! They got me!" Dude probably thought he was for sure dead for .5 seconds 😂😂
You know his life flashed before his eyes
Cool
"I'm hit!!!!, thuglife baby!, oh wait, it's paintball nevermind 😞 lol!
@@BLUEISME42 lol
Facts
These guys were taking all day as if they were working in their own front yard!
Loud asf too 😂😂
Lol. These some arrogant thieves
The presumption is something! Now the owners have to fix what they tried to destroy. #typicallosershit
Narrator: it was their own yard. Setup
well it would be louder at night !
plus more ppl would be home..
Thank you. Now i can buy one after showing this to her 🤣
Остались сёстры на "пятидневку" 🥰😂🥰😂
Bold AF in broad daylight on a busy looking street at an occupied house to a vehicle parked in full view of the driveway!
Not bold, stupid
My thoughts exactly
Meth heads gonna meth...
where I live dude got caught taking one in a kroger parking lot in the middle of a Saturday.
You can get away with a lot of you act like you're supposed to be there. "No way there stealing in broad daylight, must be something else".
If you act suss you get caught. Do it like you own it
Gotta freeze the paintballs so they leave some proper reminders not to steal.
Lacquer 😊
menace
Lightweight aluminum ball the size of the barrel it's deadly point blank
Careful, If you harm the criminals, blm and Antifa might start a riot in your city
Can’t freeze them anymore, all paintballs that are produced now aren’t able to freeze, too many people used to freeze them and had a lot of freak accidents and a lot of cars damaged. So they made it where they aren’t freezable.
I see this happen in Chicago every day in broad daylight
У нас в стране такого нет. Не могу представить, что кто то среди белого дня мог такое вытворять, даже ночью это бывает очень редко.
Сочувствую людям живущим в постоянном страхе.
Нужны жёсткие закон, как в некоторых мусульманских странах: украл - лишился руки, или на много лет работать на государство. Не сидеть в камере и играть в карты, а работать по 12 часов.
Esa es buena idea para los gobiernos donde existe alto indice d delincuencia
У Вас в стране ,,такого нет.Это где ?
Pro tip: Marbles fit in paintball guns.
Such wisdom 😉
Or freeze the paintballs
Frozen paintballs hit hard
@@northernstoner962would you rather pay for a new catalytic converter?
@@northernstoner962or just buy a gun
Under somebody’s truck in their driveway in broad daylight, that’s bold asf!
Not as suspicious as you think. Lots of ppl do work on their vehicles in broad daylight.
Yeah that's the whole thing, no one's gonna see them and be like "Oh those people are stealing a catalyic converter!". More than likely they won't think about it at all and if they do, it would be like "Oh, someone's working on their car"
Staged af
@@Artanis667
Idgaf what some onlooker is thinking. I’m talking about these bold thieves are under someone’s vehicle in their driveway seemingly while they are home!!!!
@SammanthaMArias you made a good point!!!
now they have to spend money to get it fixed because of these pieces of garbage.
If they will put that much effort on a legit job, they will support their family with dignity.
“Sir, what was the suspect wearing?”
“Paint and welts “
Lol
Well actually the one guy was hardly wearing his pants. 😆
What kind of car? Just look for paint splashes all over it.
@@brianlizmoyer9499I think u misread paint 😂
💯%👍
Next time, make sure they’re frozen paintballs
What about using real guns and ammo?
Metal paintballs
That doesn't work anymore from what I understand, they added something into the paint so they won't freeze anymore,
@@chocolateMAN200 interesting! They probably made the paint more of an oil paint. For safety reasons because when dealing with the general Republic, you have to consider the worst things they’re gonna do with your product, this was a responsible choice. It wouldn’t surprise me if it actually took government regulation to get them to do that because it cost more money for oil paint 😂
@@andrequina10in certain states you can get sued and possibly prisoned *cough* *cough* California
Next time take paintballs out of the equation
100% Facts
Cutting a catalytic converter in broad daylight is wild af😂😂
my thought exactly. .and somebody will still defend this mfs if they get shot with real guns. .their families be like "oh but they are good lads, they don't deserve this and that". .crazy world we live in fr. .
it usually takes less than a minute. I knew a few junkies that would brag about it all the time.
So loud! They’re so daring Wowsa 😮
Probably california
I'm assuming it's actually easier than in the middle of the night because of the noise
They literally got caught with their pants down
One of them went under the car for some protection 😅 🤦🏻♀️
Those pants are down all the time, so they always get caught with them down...but you still made me laugh 😝😜😝!!
🤣🤣🤣
Biden’s America is so gross. $5 gas and high crime and gross schools. Groceries are so much money now.
@@jessicaRATHERNOT Biden’s America is so gross. $5 gas and high crime and gross schools. Groceries are so much money now.
That guy ran pretty quick even though his pants were down to his knees
My mood just went from bliss to sadness when I realized it was only a paint gun. But I guess 20 to life isn’t worth it
The bullets may not have been real but the 💩 in their pants was. 😂
Хахаха бро, великолепный комментарий 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They still took the cats though.
No doubt. 😂😂
The usual suspects
Stealing a catalytic converter is low. Stealing a catalytic converter from an ancient ford is the lowest of the low. These are people trying to just get by and live their lives, and you steal their catalytic converter.
unfortunately theres a reason for targeting older cars cats, they have much thicker precious metals in them making them much more valueable, unfortunately I know as a friend had the same experiance minus the paintball guns
This small story tells a lot about the USA as a country in general…
aand they aren't very good..look how long it was taking them?
Just because it's an older vehicle doesn't mean they're poor.
The vehicle we are looking at is a Ford Excursion. They're actually a rare and expensive diesel-powered SUV that ran alongside the Ford Explorer of the time.
They're basically a really heavy-duty version of an SUV, built for towing and things of that nature. In good condition, they easily go for $30k+.
Vehicles like this are just easy to target due to their high sitting posture with plenty of room to get beneath them, and the fact that these Fords contain 4 catalytic converters, not just 2.
These little slimy thieves know their target.
Those old heavy duty ones could sell for a couple thousand
The guys little legs kicking like if he was being overkilled 😂😂
Knee caps.
Broken knee caps.
That’s it
Is that a promise? Where you live at that converter is all mine
I was waiting on that!!
🙌🙌 I don't know NOTHING 😂😂😂
I was thinking the same.
In the driveway in the middle of the day, nothings safe anymore
Nothing is safe anymore because police do not do their jobs. The only arrests you see is when it’s the police pulling someone over or an on going investigation of something serious. Even with all the cameras we have today the only thing police will do is put in the report then their job is done. They do not care
True 😢
EXACTLY!!!😢
So brazen.
On what looks like a main T street as well 😅
No sé si soy el único que se derrite de alegría al ver a estos delincuentes probar el jarabe ciudadano .😂😂😂😂😂
Uninvited Guests Relinquish thier Rights when violating yours . Always give them what for
I knew those frozen paintballs would come in handy someday.
Marbles
You can't freeze paintballs like the 1980s. They just get very very brittle if you do that.
😂😂😂❤😂😂😂
Paint don't freeze, if anything they pop easier making it hurt less (I work as a paintball ref I know)
That’s battery.. not non-lethal home defence
Can’t stand a thief.
😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤ me either!❤❤😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
It’s always the yt guys 🤦🏾♂️
@@Mikiavelliprodthat’s racist fam
@@Mrlukescottnah maybe it's called pattern recognition.
Like all of them or some of them cause well I can understand robinhood 😂
They better be glad they didn’t have frozen paintballs on hand.
The legs towards the back just kinda slowly yet strategically recoiled up under the vehicle.Sorta like the eye stalks of a snail or slug when they come into contact with anything 😮😮😅😅😂
Well you see officer, I thought I was using my paintball gun
Exactly, although I don't remember ever buying one, Lol
YES!
I don't know man , it didn't work for Kim Potter who claimed she mistakenly used her pistol because she thought it was her Taser
And you just painted your driveway red. But not with paint 😬
You're a loser lol. Wanting to take a life over a $800 cat
Man’s got his pants pulled down like he’s ready to go back to prison again.
Yup...
He definitely misses his prison daddy BIG BUBBA!😂
Easy access
@@halolover3167He missed the days of being called Care Bear
I hear you.. but its the lighting 😂
I leave for work about 3:30 am. Last week I saw a pair of red high tops sticking out into the street under my neighbors car. Darkness, early morning, my F250 Super Duty accidentally rolled over them.
A real one would make sure they won't come back later
Mine was stolen in broad daylight at the Target. They have no shame
& you said you were only getting a couple of things - 3 hrs. later wrh
They Kia boys tried steal my moms car from church
@@Sheluvyoshiwtf
Same right where I live in my apartment complex smh it’s a joke
My Grandma’s boyfriend’s truck got stolen when they were at CVS for a few minutes
Imagine getting hit the first few times thinking you’re about to die from a hail of bullets just to realize it’s paintballs
Paintballs can break skin, especially the closer you are, getting pelted like that,fkn hurts. Don't beleive me? Ask your friends to pelt you while you stand there not flinching. There is a reason we use surrender or die in paintball, most people don't even wanna be shot once from a few feet away.
And still had the same deterring affect... makes you think
That will give them something to think about alright. They will think twice before stealing again.
@@surferdevo602he knows it hurts that's why he made the comment he made of them thinking quite possibly that they were getting shot with actual bullets before realizing that it was just paintballs
@@surferdevo602that’s exactly how it works..😂 ANYBODY would rather get blasted with paintballs then bullets! Don’t believe me? Ask your friend to stand behind you with a pistol in one hand an paintball gun in the other & tell me if you feel relieved when you find out you actually got shot with a paintball… 😅
Your honor i didnt realize there were people under my car when I started reversing
Next time make sure the paintballs are frozen solid
call me violent but im running up wit a bat and giving my best barry bonds impression
I think I would go for a Negan from TWD impression
Mine would be Edward Norton impression 😂
@@Kurrupzoh Lucile is a vampire bat 😂😂
I would too. Oh yes I would
You can go to jail for that they were causing harm to a car not a person! So you can't defend for your cars without jail time. I tried it.
The fact that they failed to consider how loud their tools were gonna be when they were cutting the converter is beyond me
They don't care because the plan is, in and out as fast as possible
In broad daylight! Penalties must not be high enough in some cities. 😮
Who said these wastes of sperm actually think?
Why do you think they didn't consider it? They know very well its loud, they are banking on being able to remove it very quickly
Meth is one hella of a drug lol
They were dancing the rhythm of the gun
Americans using non lethal ammunition is wild 😜
The metals dealer who accepts them SHOULD BE FINED $50,000 AND ten years in prison for KNOWINGLY receiving stolen goods. That should stop it.
Had my cat stolen years ago (cops didn't care and it cost me $100 to get it patched). AFTER it was stolen, they passed a law out here saying you had to provide the vehicle registration to prove it was your car that cat came off of.
I'm surprised that they're still stealing these converters. The guys who rang the ring were arrested. I'm talking the guys at the top of the chain.
As someone who works in the scrapping industry, I would really love you to tell me how you would expect that to work? How do you validate who is legal vs who is not? There are many people who sell cats legally to companies, so how should we determine who bought them vs who cut them. Not intending to be rude. It’s just not as easy as you may think!
An entire family has been sentenced recently. This won't kill the business sadly.
That’s pretty much what it’s like in the uk. Massive fines and jail time to the buyers.
The fact that 90k+ people disliked the video is a sign society needs help.
How tf do you have dislikes on UA-cam still
@@TylerWarrickask Aunt Jemima
maybe people didn’t like it because it wasn’t a firearm
@@kurkin7275 still a problem
We want to see red
These guys got lucky. We don't use paintballs in my neighborhood.
Bro's making a transformer
The frustrating thing about this is that they’ve already caused damage to this owners car that now has to be fixed
I thought bc they had a satin symbol on their car and it said catalytic converter I thought they were putting crosses on the car 😂
Exactly could have called some friends and pinned them under the car for the police
Probably end up being written off.
What the police report the insurance should take care it. Especially with the video
Coupla band clamps for exhaust will fix it up temporarily
Dang, right in broad daylight! These thieves are getting bolder and bolder!
Blacker and blacker
I feel like using a chainsaw at night would draw a lot more attention to themselves
If the homeowners hadn't been there, the average person riding around would probably think its two dudes working on their own car / hired to fix that car
Actually most crime happens in broad daylight. People are more likely to be at work or school, instead of definitely being at home in the evening or early morning.
The laws protect them either way
Stupider and stupider if ya ask me.
Stereotypes could easily get a job fixing cars and going underneath them instead of this.
Amazing how fast a thief can run when his pants are half way down.
Less aerodynamic drag from the pants!
you just witnesses with your own eyes🤷🏾♂️
@@ZC.Andrew 🤣
No it's not
Maybe less leg wait ? 😂
Now imagine if this was in Texas, those wouldn’t be paintball guns
I live in Texas and my first thought was “why paintball guns?” and then realized..
@@d-jay1665 You realized not everybody is Texan 🤣
Ideally
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Maybe raise your, not you but criminals, above the value of what you're taking.
You will go to jail in Texas if you shoot someone for stealing. I live in Texas. You are a gumball to think it is ok to shoot someone for this. Lawyer up buddy😅
That’s ballsy in the middle of the day.
Really said, “Billy go get my shotgun.”😂
I swear, if you see someone with their pants looking like that, its safe to assume they are stupid.
Either they’re stupid or they’re up to no good! Smh 😂
Unprovoked attack on two innocent cad thieves, what is this world coming to?
I totally agree
@@darwest8833wut
Naaahhh hes just waiting for his co-conspirator to push his boxers in 🫣🤣🤣🤣
Marbles.. after hundreds of years of serving absolutely no purpose, paintball guns have given marbles a whole new purpose.
Hoho, that's perfect 😂
Freeze your paintballs
@@TravisPrybylskimarbles hit harder
Can you really use marbles in a paintball gun? Seems like it would break it or something 🤷🏻♂️ Has anyone actually tried this? Genuinely interested
@@chriswimer6296im interested too. Im completely invested.
Bruh I just got told the moth man stole a mans catalytic converter lol
That was some seriously bold addiction behavior
I believe in harsh justice for people who go out of their way to steal from others. Paintballs are too kind.
too kind for me
And that my friend is how you end up in prison😌
@k.andrew1008 they would have somehow broken thier legs when suddenly baseball bats fell from the sky
lead and brass*
@@k.andrew1008Guys like you protect the criminals
You can buy pepper spray filled paintballs. In case anyone is interested.
Glad to know that !! Thanks 🤠
THANKYOU IM GETTING ONE. MAYBE TWO!
Yes I am thanks!
I learnt this from playing SWAT 4 😂
Amazon? Where can I get the whole shabang?
😂😂 the leg movement
"It'd be a shame if I used some boiling water to clean my driveway on a whim."
In Texas they would have got the lethal version of paintballs
EXACTLY 😂😂😂
And Abbott would shake their hands and thank them and probably offer them a job driving his buses.
Only at night time it's legal not in day time don't pass false information
*chicago
@@goodensamuel25 don't support criminals
The dislikes are from 122K catalytic converter thieves. If you disliked this video, tell us why in the comments!
..or 93K real gun owners
@@elenodeleonpussy
What dislikes.
@@elenodeleonIllegal
@@RealBasil143that wouldn’t be Illegal