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NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - People who live in the Irish Channel are being warned about a rash of thefts of items ordered online and left on front porches. Some of the thieves have even been caught on surveillance video.

"Yesterday, Christmas pajamas were stolen off a front porch," said Ryan McCabe, with the Irish Channel neighborhood association.

Thousands of packages will be delivered to New Orleans homes during the holidays, and in the Channel, thefts are already up.

"All of a sudden this year it's gotten really bad," said resident Brooke Woods.

McCabe added, " It's been a low-grade fever for a while, but recently there's been an uptick."

Resident Rick Viana said it happened so quickly, he believes the thieves actually trailed the delivery driver and took a stuffed animal sent by his parents for his daughter right after it was dropped off.

"Apparently UPS said it was delivered, and set it behind the trash can. I got here an hour later, and it wasn't here," he said.

Woods said she's been ripped off six times.

"Mostly clothes, maybe some presents," said Woods.

The Irish Channel Association has a warning to residents on its Facebook page.

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A Bayonne man has been caught stealing packages from people's porches, police said.Journal file photo

A Bayonne man with a history of stealing packages from people's porches has been arrested after being caught in the act yet again, according to Bayonne police.

Wednesday at 3:34 p.m., an off-duty Bayonne police officer saw Damien L. Baker, 45, removing a package from the porch of a home on Avenue A in Bayonne, Bayonne police Lt. Janine Foy said.

While walking away from the home, Baker opened the package, took out a drink that was inside, discarded the packaging and continued on his way, Foy said.

The officer, who was familiar with Baker from previous arrests, then arrested him for theft, she said.

Upon searching Baker, the officer found items that police believe to be from other people's packages, including a sweatshirt with a tag still on it and a pair of earrings, Foy said.

While Baker was in custody, the officer also discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for a theft reported Nov. 14 by another Bayonne resident living on Avenue A, whose package was also stolen.

In that incident, the homeowner had a security camera that captured footage of Baker removing the package, which police used to obtain a warrant, Foy said.

Baker was charged with two counts of theft and taken to the Hudson County jail in Kearny on $15,000 bail with a 10 percent option. He made his first court appearance yesterday at Central Judicial Processing in Jersey City.

Foy said he was arrested four separate times in Bayonne between January and March this year for taking packages off people's porches.

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A Bayonne man with a history of stealing packages from people's porches has been arrested after being caught in the act yet again, according to Bayonne police.

Yesterday at 3:34 p.m., an off-duty Bayonne police officer saw Damien L. Baker, 45, removing a package from the porch of a home on Avenue A in Bayonne, Bayonne police Lt. Janine Foy said.

While walking away from the home, Baker opened the package, took out an energy drink that was inside, discarded the packaging and continued on his way, Foy said.

The officer, who was familiar with Baker from previous arrests, then arrested him for theft, she said.

Upon searching Baker, the officer found items that police believe to be from other people's packages, including a sweatshirt with a tag still on it and a pair of earrings, Foy said. It's not known who those items belong to, she said.

While Baker was in custody, the officer also discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for a theft reported Nov. 14 by another Bayonne resident living on Avenue A, whose package was also stolen.

In that incident, the homeowner had a security camera that captured footage of Baker removing the package, which police used to obtain a warrant, Foy said.

Baker was charged with two counts of theft and taken to the Hudson County jail in Kearny on a $15,000 bail with a 10 percent option. He made his first court appearance today at Central Judicial Processing in Jersey City.

Foy said he was arrested four separate times in Bayonne between January and March this year for taking packages off people's porches.

Baker did not steal from any one neighborhood in Bayonne, Foy said, adding that one theft took place on 35th Street, another one took place midtown on Avenue C and two took place "all the way" downtown.

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A pistol-packing Texas couple have come up with what they believe is a solution to prevent holiday packages from getting stolen from front porches in their neighborhood.

Some use home surveillance cameras to catch thieves in the act, The Blaze notes.

But after two packages were reported stolen from front porches in their Fort Worth neighborhood over the last month, Kell Curtis and his wife Julie posted this sign on their front door:

DEAR POTENTIAL PACKAGE STEALER: CAMERAS ARE ROLLING AND GUNS ARE LOADED.

To keep the holiday spirit alive, the Curtises decided to hang a beautifully crafted wreath with their warning:

It is a Texas thing, yes, Kell Curtis told NBC DFW. I do own guns, and yes I do have cameras. Theyre rolling. So its just neighbors, family, youre all welcome. Potential package stealers, youre not.

He says the sign is not an empty threat, and he is prepared to shoot burglars if need be.

In Texas its legal to do so, so if I felt threatened, yes, Kell said.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 27-year-old man is in jail on felony theft charges after police said he stole dozens of packages off front porches in a West Side neighborhood.

Michael Blatnica, of Cleveland, is being held on $15,000 bond after his late Tuesday arrest. Police receivedreports of suspicious packages at Blatnica's West 125th Street home, police spokesman Sgt. Ali Pillow said.

Officers found several packages with different addresses near garbage cans at Blatnica's home. Then they searched the garage and found several more packages, Pillow said.

A woman whose name and address were on one of the packages confirmed with detectives that the package belonged to her, Pillow said.

Blatnica is accused of driving around the neighborhood and swiping delivered packages left on front porches.

Blatnica appeared in Cleveland Municipal Court Friday, where a judge set his bond and sent his case to a grand jury.

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