Charges have been filed after a Christmas Eve crash and foot chase in Mounds View led officers to freshly cut catalytic converters and a cache of theft tools.
Christ Hae, 24, of Saint Paul, and Han Do Wah, 19, of Woodbury, are each charged with felony possession of burglary or theft tools for the string of events that ended early Wednesday morning.
The investigation began earlier on Tuesday, Dec. 23, when Maplewood police responded late in the morning to a report of a catalytic converter theft at a home. A man told officers he had seen three unknown men wearing masks and gloves remove the catalytic converter from his neighbor’s vehicle about an hour earlier. He reported the men arrived in a silver Acura and provided photos to police. Officers later confirmed with the neighbor that the catalytic converter had been stolen…