{"id":27490,"date":"2015-10-05T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T01:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/thieves-target-vehicles-along-highway-near-fairbanks\/"},"modified":"2015-10-05T18:25:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T01:25:16","slug":"thieves-target-vehicles-along-highway-near-fairbanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/thieves-target-vehicles-along-highway-near-fairbanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves target vehicles along highway near Fairbanks"},"content":{"rendered":"
FAIRBANKS \u2014<\/strong> Alaska State Troopers say highway thieves near Fairbanks have been pulling emission control devices off vehicles.<\/p>\n The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that troopers say catalytic converters are being cut from underneath vehicles as they are parked along Elliott Highway.<\/p>\n Troopers say several hunters\u2019 vehicles were targeted between Sept. 6 and Sept. 10. But hunter Scott Bidwell told the News-Miner the thefts continued, saying his vehicle was targeted on Sept. 19.<\/p>\n Bidwell says thieves took his exhaust pipe, muffler, catalytic converter and $1,000 in gear from inside his vehicle while it was parked at a pullout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"