 I'm Laura Feist with your WICC headlines. A New Haven man is sentenced to spend over a year in federal prison for stealing numerous catalytic converters. Prosecutors say that Michael Almodovar participated in a ring where valuable items were stolen from vehicles, then sold to a fencing operation in East Hartford. That company then transported the stolen converters to New York, New Jersey for resale. It's estimated that Almodovar stole dozens of catalytic converters from vehicles in Connecticut.