Man run over, killed while allegedly trying to steal catalytic converter

A man is dead after he was run over by the driver of a car from which he was allegedly trying steal a catalytic converter in Palmdale. Just before 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 39000 block of 10th Street West, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies found a man lying on the ground near a four-by-four Ford Excursion and another smaller vehicle next to it, the department said in a press release. Investigators discovered that the driver of the Ford had been asleep in her vehicle when she awoke to...