Amazon Prime driver thwarts porch pirate thieves caught on video – WPBF West Palm Beach

Amazon Prime driver thwarts porch pirate thieves caught on video

Driver waits around corner suspecting pair was targeting deliveries

Updated: 11:24 PM EST Dec 2, 2019

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TERRI: THIS IS VIDEO TAKEN SATURDAY BY A RING DOORBELL CAMERA OF A GIRL GRABBING A PACKAGE THAT HAD JUST BEEN DELIVERED AND THEN TAKING OFF WITH IT. YOU CAN SEE HER COMPANION WAITING FOR HER ON A BIKE. SHE RUNS UP AND GETS ON HER OW BIKE TO MAKE HER GET-AWAY, BUT SHE DOESNT GET FAR. THIS AMAZON DRIVER IN THIS VAN WAS WAITING. >> IVE BEEN DELIVERING PACKAGES FOR AMAZON ALL DAY TODAY. IVE SEEN THEM ON SEACREST. IVE SEEN THEM ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> OK. TERRI: THATS THE 911 CALL FROM THE DRIVER. SHE TELLS POLICE THE KIDS ON BIKES HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HER AS SHE MADE HER DELIVERIES IN THIS BOYNTON BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHE WAS HESITANT TO LEAVE ANY PACKAGES. THE KIDS FINALLY DISAPPEARED, THOUGH, AND SHE LEFT A PACKAGE ON THIS DOORSTEP, WHERE THE GIRL PROMPTLY SHOWED UP AND GRABBED IT. BUT, THE DRIVER HAD CIRCLED AROUND THE BLOCK TO DOUBLE CHECK. >> AS SOON AS THEY SAW ME COMING AROUND THE CORNER, AND I SAW THEM WITH THE BOX, THEY FLEW DOWN THE ROAD. TERRI: THE THIEVES DROPPED THE PACKAGE IN THE BUSHES, AND IT WAS RETURNED TO THE OWNER. BUT WITH THIEVES NOW ACTUALLY TAILING DELIVERY DRIVERS, POLICE MAKE THESE SUGGESTIONS -- CONSIDER HAVING IT DELIVERED TO YOUR COMMUNITYS MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS, REQUIRE A SIGNATURE FOR DELIVERY OR SCHEDULE DELIVERY IF POSSIBLE FOR WHEN SOMEONES HOME, AND INVEST IN DOORBELL OR HOME VIDEO SURVEILLANCE S

Amazon Prime driver thwarts porch pirate thieves caught on video

Driver waits around corner suspecting pair was targeting deliveries

Updated: 11:24 PM EST Dec 2, 2019

An alert Amazon Prime delivery driver noticed a boy and girl on bikes tailing her truck Saturday afternoon in Boynton Beach so she stopped making deliveries until they rode off.But as soon as she left a package on a doorstep, she circled back around to make sure it stayed there, and saw the same girl running down the street carrying the box.The driver said when the girl saw her Amazon van, she dumped the package in the bushes and took off.The driver called police, who returned the package to the owner and are seeking the porch pirate.Ring doorbell video captured the theft and the Amazon truck driving back to the scene.

An alert Amazon Prime delivery driver noticed a boy and girl on bikes tailing her truck Saturday afternoon in Boynton Beach so she stopped making deliveries until they rode off.

But as soon as she left a package on a doorstep, she circled back around to make sure it stayed there, and saw the same girl running down the street carrying the box.

The driver said when the girl saw her Amazon van, she dumped the package in the bushes and took off.

The driver called police, who returned the package to the owner and are seeking the porch pirate.

Ring doorbell video captured the theft and the Amazon truck driving back to the scene.

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