NEWBURYPORT – Metropolis police are asking the general public’s assist in monitoring down a girl believed to have stolen packages left at folks’s entrance doorways earlier this week.
The girl was caught on video strolling as much as a entrance porch and swiping packages, in keeping with Newburyport police.
Newburyport police Inspector Chris McDonald stated three Merrimac Road residents reported lacking packages on Tuesday, all across the identical time.
A nonetheless picture taken from the video, which was uploaded onto the division’s Fb web page, comes as officers have taken stolen packages reviews across the identical space since Thanksgiving.
“I am positive with that publish up we’ll have extra” folks reporting thefts, McDonald stated.
At the least one of many victims was in a position to not solely seize the alleged porch pirate on video but additionally a shot of her automotive, a Toyota sedan.
“We’re assuming it is the identical particular person,” McDonald stated.
With extra folks ordering objects on-line this vacation season in an effort to keep away from buying in particular person, McDonald stated would-be package deal thieves have had extra alternative. However with digicam expertise enhancing dramatically over the previous few years, extra of them are caught on video, he stated.
Shopper Studies provide the following tips for avoiding package deal theft:
– Set up a video digicam on the porch or in your doorbell.
– Give your supply driver particular directions to ship packages on again porches.
– Join monitoring alerts so you realize when packages have arrived.
– Require a signature when ordering.
– Choose another supply vacation spot similar to an workplace, a trusted neighbor or a publish workplace field.
Anybody that may assist establish the particular person caught on video or the automobile being pushed is requested to contact Inspector Chris McDonald at 978-462-4411 ext. 1006.
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