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NORWALK, Conn. — Eight catalytic converters were reported stolen off cars in Norwalk Wednesday afternoon, police said, with all the thefts occurring in active parking lots.
One of the incidents resulted in a confrontation between a woman walking toward her targeted vehicle and the perpetrators, with them attempting to strike her with their getaway car as they were fleeing the parking lot of Dunkin Donuts on East Avenue, she told police.
“She was not threatened or assaulted according to the report. She reportedly hit the hood of the car with her hand as they were parked behind her car in a fashion to get their attention and they drove off,” Chief James Walsh said in a Friday email.
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