Package thieves, recently dubbed ‘porch pirates,’ target unattended delivery items outside homes. One theft was caught on camera this week in Richmond. The perpetrator? Someone dressed as an Amazon delivery driver.
Stolen from the front stoop, three packages were nabbed Tuesday morning outside a home on the 4500 block of Cary Street Road. Police say they are investigating.
Not long before 11 a.m., according to a time stamp on the surveillance video shared with 8News, a person casually walked up a stone foot path, then proceeds to drop-off a package before taking three unattended boxes. Then, they slowly walked away to an awaiting blue four-door sedan.
The person with the packages appears to place the boxes on a back seat before sitting in the front passenger seat.
But when the apparent thief turned away from the house with their cargo, a recognizable arrow can be seen on the shoulder area of the person walking away, similar to those seen on Amazon delivery vans and driver uniforms.