2 Charged In Egg Harbor Catalytic Converter Theft: Police

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — Two Millville residents were charged with theft on Thursday after removing catalytic converters from vehicles at a car dealership, police said.

Egg Harbor Township police responded to an alarm at Matt Blatt Kia on the Black Horse Pike on Thursday at 1:38 a.m.

The alarm company observed two subjects on the lot looking under vehicles, police said. Several officers arrived and found the two subjects under a vehicle attempting to remove the catalytic converter from it.

Steven Olivio, 42, and Elizabeth Rosario, 35, both of Millville, were removed from under the vehicle and male subject attempted to push through officers and escape, police said.

Olivio was taken into custody after a brief struggle with two officers causing minor injuries. The subjects were in possession of a second catalytic converter that they had already removed from another vehicle on the lot, according to police.

Olivio was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, criminal attempt, conspiracy, possession of burglar tools and obstruction. Olivio was processed and released on a summons with a date to appear in court.

Rosario was charged with theft, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, criminal attempt, conspiracy, possession of burglar tools and obstruction. Rosario was wanted on a warrant out of the Cumberland County Sheriffs’ Office and was lodged in the Cumberland County Jail.

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