Footage sent in by a KTLA viewer shows package thieves hitting a home in L.A.’s South Bay region Saturday morning.
Still images from the video shows a man exit the passenger side of a silver Ford Focus and run up to the front door of the home, grab a box and run back into the car around 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
The unidentified suspect appeared to be wearing a hat, a pink shirt, dark-colored shorts and black and white shoes. The driver of the car did not leave the vehicle and was not captured on the footage.
Per the viewer, the incident was reported to local authorities. They noted that they shared the footage in hopes of alerting fellow South Bay residents to the incident and to raise awareness should anyone have already fallen victim to these or other porch pirates.
While thieves like these strike after mail is delivered, there have been other cases in SoCal where suspects intercept items before they arrive at their intended destination.
Three such incidents occurred in Nov. 2024, including one when a Sherman Oaks man went to pick up an Apple laptop he ordered to his local Apple Store, only to find out someone impersonating him had already picked it up.
Another case in Nov. 2024 involved a Lawndale man who learned from a UPS driver that someone claiming to be him accepted the package — which also contained an Apple laptop — just moments before it should have been placed on the man’s doorstep.
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