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Porch pirates in Washington dress up as nurses to steal packages amid coronavirus, police say
Fox News ^ | 5/03/20 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 05/03/2020 5:55:40 PM PDT by Libloather

A pair of thieves disguised as nurses stole packages off porches in a Washington state community amid the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Saturday.

Kennewick police shared the photos of two women decked out in dark blue scrubs and approaching homes in the city, located in southeastern Washington along the Columbia River.

One woman wore surgical gloves. The porch pirates shared a maroon sedan, according to security camera footage released by police.

While the suspects looked the part of health care workers, police said they “do not believe they are actual nurses” and asked the public for help in identifying the thieves.

“The nurses we are fortunate to know only give their time, lives, and take the vitals of their patients (not their property),” police wrote on Facebook.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: kennewick; nurses; pirates; steal; washington
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To: EvilCapitalist

Noose.


21 posted on 05/03/2020 7:12:54 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: twister881

Agreed, trash comes in all colors always has. They should be able to be charged with looting during the state emergency.


22 posted on 05/03/2020 7:13:31 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Midwesterner53

I’m guessing they’re Irish Travelers (gypsies) who make a living from crime.


23 posted on 05/03/2020 7:26:42 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Mastador1

Agree, though “White Trash” has a specific meaning to Southerners — it’s the lowest form of human life on planet Earth.


24 posted on 05/03/2020 7:31:59 PM PDT by twister881
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To: twister881
I’m guessing they’re Irish Travelers (gypsies) who make a living from crime.

A lot of gypsies in Southeastern Washington state? I'm guessing they're meth addicts who got hold of some hospital scrubs and are looking for items to steal and sell for more crystal meth. They look like meth-heads.
25 posted on 05/03/2020 7:48:00 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Libloather

This is a major reason why I don’t like to shop online.


26 posted on 05/03/2020 7:50:41 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Agree, a good chance they’re druggies. There are Irish Travelers in California. My thinking is that, with the virus lockdown limiting their usual criminal activities — home repairs scams, median strip begging, phony tree service quotes — they may be ranging farther and committing new crimes.


27 posted on 05/03/2020 8:06:43 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Libloather
There are so many, um, useful items one could seal up in a Fedex box to, um, decorate your porch:

1. A six-foot rattlesnake.

2. A wasp nest with wasps.

3. Methyl Mercaptan

4. Ether and a standard grill spark lighter trigged by opening the box.

5. Hydrogen sulfide

6. Urushiol

28 posted on 05/03/2020 8:57:46 PM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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To: Natty Bumppo@frontier.net

I like the way you think, #1 is easily available in my area. :)

5th MEB


29 posted on 05/03/2020 10:22:50 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: sheehan
 
 
Penalties may be low there - in Texas it's a state jail felony. Punishable up to 10 years in the graybar hotel.
 
 

30 posted on 05/04/2020 1:03:59 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: twister881

Maybe not nurses. Perhaps dental assistants or hygienists. I have unfortunately met a couple of those that might not be beyond this.


31 posted on 05/04/2020 3:13:07 AM PDT by Lockbar (Vlad the Impailer had all the answers.)
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