Updated on: August 23, 2022 / 11:50 PM / CBS Sacramento

SACRAMENTO - A woman credits a bystander for preventing two women from stealing her vehicle's catalytic converter. 

The victim said the incident happened in the middle of the day outside of Walmart at Delta Shores shopping center. She says a woman was under her car, trying to cut out the catalytic converter using a reciprocating saw when Doug Demaschen said he noticed what was happening. He then began yelling at the woman, took pictures of her, and eventually scared her off before she could finish the job. 

The woman got into a waiting car that was driven by another woman and drove off. 

"I had a cat converter stolen off my car in March. Cost me a lot of money. And the thing is, that we got to stop this if we don't do anything, no one else is going to do anything," he said.

Since the victim posted the photos and the license plate of the car on Facebook, she has been contacted by people who identified the woman. She passed the information along to the police.

Some people who commented on the post say they recognize the saw as being stolen as well. 

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First published on August 23, 2022 / 10:08 PM

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