Be wary of ‘porch pirating’: So-called low-risk, high-reward crime intensifies during holiday season

A lot of people have seen the online home videos and thought, “Glad that didn’t happen to me.” A mail delivery company leaves a package on a doorstep or front porch. Within minutes or sometimes ...
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Porch pirate caught on camera stealing package from Blairsville home

POTENTIAL PORCH PIRATES. IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE KNOW IT’S HOLIDAY TIME. TERRY WINKLEMAN COMES OVER TO HIS DAUGHTER’S HOUSE ON SOUTH BRADY STREET TO CARE FOR HER CATS WHILE ...
KETV Omaha

DCSO fights to protect your holiday gifts amid peak porch pirate season

LEADER. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. THIS THE SEASON OF PORCH PIRATES. MORE THAN 50% OF PACKAGES ARE STOLEN DURING THE HOLIDAY MONTHS, ACCORDING TO A PORCH THEFT STUDY. GOOD EVENING. I’M MADDIE ...

Porch pirates caught on camera stealing packages from Phoenix home on Christmas morning

PHOENIX — A Phoenix family is speaking out after security video captured two thieves stealing packages from their front porch ...

Package theft is rampant. How to keep 'porch pirates' from stealing your stuff.

When Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik checked his Ring camera a few weeks ago, he expected to see a routine delivery. Instead, the footage showed something stranger: a delivery driver dropping off one ...
NBC New York

Porch pirate caught on camera. Here's how to stop them from stealing your holiday packages

The holiday shopping rush is here, which means it is peak season for package thieves. Porch pirates may be waiting to pounce on your deliveries, and in a case in Fort Worth, Texas, a thief swooped in ...

FOX45: Baltimore sheriff uses GPS decoy packages to nab porch pirates

The Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office is flipping the script on porch pirates, using GPS decoy packages that can be tracked to ...
NBC Chicago

Tips on how to keep packages safe from porch pirates this holiday season

With the busiest online shopping season in full swing, police in suburban Chicago provided a list of tips on how to keep your packages safe from porch pirates. "Porch pirates don't need a map, they ...
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Porch pirates pilfer almost $2B in packages from Texans, study shows

’Tis the season for porch pirates. If past trends are an indicator, the Grinch will swipe close to $2 billion worth of packages delivered to Texas households this year, with many of those thefts ...
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Protect your holiday packages from porch pirates | Follow these tips

PROTECTING US, BRIAN. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, PORCH PIRATES WILL LITERALLY FOLLOW DELIVERY TRUCKS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE YOURS. AND THEIR. THEY’LL PILFER THE PACKAGES FOR PROFIT. AND IF YOU DON’T ...
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Porch pirates swipe nearly $2B in packages from Texas homes this year

’Tis the season for porch pirates. If past trends are an indicator, the Grinch will swipe close to $2 billion worth of packages delivered to Texas households this year, with many of those thefts ...