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SF crime epidemic: ‘Porch pirates’ swiping packages from doorsteps
SF Chronicle ^ | December 6, 2018 | Heather Knight

Posted on 12/06/2018 4:48:31 PM PST by C19fan

Everybody knows San Francisco is the city with glittering streets — well, glittering because of all the puddles of shattered glass from car break-ins. But there’s another pervasive property crime here that doesn’t get as much attention because there’s no evidence left behind. It’s called “porch piracy,” and it’s the swiping of packages off people’s front steps. All that’s left is an empty doorstep and the resident’s frustration.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: botox; california; diannefeinstein; left; nancypelosi; porchpiracy; porchpirate; porchpirates; richardcblum; sanfrancisco; sanfranciscovalues; sanfrannan
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How about a plain exterior for the package you set out, but inside the first layer it’s addressed to “Dr ____ ____, Ebola Research Group, Your Town, USA” and inside that is an old poorly sealed jar of slightly off mayonnaise.

That might be fun. I suppose these porch pirates follow delivery trucks around so they can beat their rivals to the porches. Sad to think anyone would be that cynical, but hey, some friends of mine were on a photography shoot in a foreign land, they went around a corner to get a better view, and all their cameras were gone from the picnic table thirty seconds later.


21 posted on 12/06/2018 5:01:08 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (I taught AOC everything she knows, and it only took five minutes)
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To: lucky american

Auto paint ball guns converted to .380....


22 posted on 12/06/2018 5:01:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ssaftler

I made an Amazon purchase last Christmas to be delivered to a drop box at a Circle K. I used an envelope with the emailed unlock code as a white elephant gift at a party. The winner had to go pick it up.


23 posted on 12/06/2018 5:02:02 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Our Trash folks delivered new Blue Cans for recycling.
That’s great, but I never ordered it and get to pay a monthly fee to have it on my property!

Thieves abound!


24 posted on 12/06/2018 5:02:10 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

They did that in St. Paul.

Not a happy bunch over there.


25 posted on 12/06/2018 5:05:05 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: DouglasKC

we have homemade boxes for ups/fedex deliveries up here in rural northern idaho because of weather/road conditions. Nobody grabs stuff from them because they would likely get a ass full of lead pellets, if they were caught in action.


26 posted on 12/06/2018 5:07:29 PM PST by davidb56
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I’m guessing that Clock Boy doesn’t lose too many of his deliveries, it’s the ticking ...


27 posted on 12/06/2018 5:07:58 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (I taught AOC everything she knows, and it only took five minutes)
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To: C19fan

Here in the safely RED inland Northwest, we’re having a rash of crimes like this. Someone stole the key to the apartment complex mailroom and can grab anything from mailboxes in the middle of the night.

And yesterday, a pickpocket stole my Galaxy5 phone right in front of the door of local supermarket in broad daylight. Happened to another woman on my block too. I went down to police HQ to report the crime, offer to meet w with sketch artist because I know exactly what this guy looks like.. He’s a career criminal. Surveillance cameras showing g him robbing nearBank of America have been all over tv. I have no clue why they cannot catch him; I have the feeling they really don’t even try.

Meanwhile, I had to buy an expensive new phone. GRRRRR


28 posted on 12/06/2018 5:10:00 PM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Gonna get worse to. They just hiked taxes 10.5%


29 posted on 12/06/2018 5:10:23 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: Veto!

Don’t have the new phone delivered!


30 posted on 12/06/2018 5:11:38 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: cableguymn

Saw that.

That new Mayor, along with the one in Minneapolis are going to be legendary in respect to outrageous tax hikes.

Along with the new Governor.


31 posted on 12/06/2018 5:13:30 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I want to set a package of dog poop at the mailbox out at the road but am afraid one of my neighbors being kind would return it to me.


32 posted on 12/06/2018 5:14:27 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: C19fan

Find someone in your neighborhood who is retired and ask them if you can have packages delivered to their house. Offer to pay them (some will be happy for the additional funds) get a bunch of neighbors together and have their packages delivered. The person can text you when packages are received and you can swing by on the way home to pick up.


33 posted on 12/06/2018 5:14:31 PM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: shelterguy

If you leave a box of garbage out - leave it on your liberal neighbors porch.
The thieves will be pissed at them.


34 posted on 12/06/2018 5:14:47 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Palio di Siena

Exactly. No need to have MY house burned down in revenge..


35 posted on 12/06/2018 5:16:02 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: Rebelbase

LOL! At least you won’t be surprised, though your neighbor may wonder about your baking skills LOL


36 posted on 12/06/2018 5:16:30 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: lucky american
There are deck boxes you can buy. Screw them down to the porch.

Great idea. Like an oversized mailbox slot. However, we often mail-order large items. Just a few days ago, my wife ordered two carpets, one is a 7-foot roll. Can't build a deck box large enough!

Anyway, she was waiting for the delivery at home when she got a confirmation text that it was delivered at 6pm. WTF, it was only 5pm. She worried that it was stolen by porch pirates. A scan of our security cameras showed no delivery all day. Around 11:30pm we hear a noise on the porch, and there are the two rugs. Looking at the security camera showed a scruffy guy with a hoody dropping off the rug rolls, saw no vehicle. We figured that FedEx outsourced it to a 3rd-party for delivery. Either that, or a thief decided he didn't want our carpets and brought them back. Must be the former, as a thief would not come back.

37 posted on 12/06/2018 5:19:45 PM PST by roadcat
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To: C19fan

Two words...signature confirmation


38 posted on 12/06/2018 5:23:28 PM PST by montag813
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To: C19fan

easy to catch in frisco, follow the poop tracks


39 posted on 12/06/2018 5:23:33 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: editor-surveyor

I personally know friends who sell on Ebay. As long as the package ARRIVES there, the sellers dont care and they did their job.

Even if a negative feedback is given, it’s removed because the objective is to get the package to the customer. That’s it. Oh someone swiped it? Tough.


40 posted on 12/06/2018 5:24:37 PM PST by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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