Posted on 12/23/2015 12:01:50 PM PST by DogByte6RER
CORONA: Stinky strategy punishes package pilferers
Corona-area residents are setting out prop packages filled with poo to prevent pilfering. They say mail thieves are getting out of control in their neighborhoods.
Fed up with thieves stealing their precious packages, Corona-area residents have banded together to teach them a smelly lesson.
"They're calling it a movement," said Michaela Roekle, who set a box of her own out a few days ago.
In a prop package with a fake address label attached, Roekle placed a special gift from her son, Braven, and dog, Midnight. It's sat on her stoop Tuesday, waiting for a crook to stop by.
Michelle, who asked to use a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation, set the effort into motion with a Facebook post last week on the page "What's Up Corona" that called community members to set out prop packages filled with any variety of doo-doo.
People responded positively, saying they too were tired of the package pirates circling their neighborhoods.
"I was just amazed at all the people who liked it and commented on it," she said.
She contracted the help of her dog, Molly, and three cats to accomplish the mission.
Michelle's Facebook post was prompted by the second round of mail thefts on her street in two years. She has lived in Corona for 16 years. "And this is happening all over Corona with packages and mail," she said. "My feeling is most people are good, most people are hardworking people and we want to give and receive whatever we deserve."
Julie, who lives in Temescal Valley just outside of Corona, said a Christmas gift intended for her nephew was stolen from her front porch in October.
Intrigued by the idea, the 20-year resident and her German Shepherd, Carly, teamed up on Dec. 16 to test the method.
Sure enough, the poo-filled package was missing the next day. "I didn't in a million years think that it would ever be taken," shes said. "I was shocked."
Though their approach may seem lighthearted, the residents say stolen mail has become an increasing nuisance in their community. Roekle said her family's mailbox has been broken into multiple times. A few weeks ago, a box of electronics left on her porch was opened and emptied.
Hilarious!
Leave it on the Poop Deck, mates!
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