When Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik checked his Ring camera a few weeks ago, he expected to see a routine delivery. Instead, the footage showed something stranger: a delivery driver dropping off one ...

A reader recently sent an email asking about the law surrounding a recent phenomenon – people setting booby traps for porch pirates. A porch pirate is someone who steals a package left on someone's ...

POTENTIAL PORCH PIRATES. IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE KNOW IT’S HOLIDAY TIME. TERRY WINKLEMAN COMES OVER TO HIS DAUGHTER’S HOUSE ON SOUTH BRADY STREET TO CARE FOR HER CATS WHILE ...

With Christmas just days away, many people may be expecting packages in the final moments leading up to the big day. But also waiting, are so-called "porch pirates," or people who ...

Earlier this month, shortly after a series of Democratic wins in off-year elections, in the government shutdown, and in ...

More than a third of Americans have been victims of porch pirates at least once according to ADT, but why? It’s an ideal crime of opportunity and if the item on your porch happens to be expensive or ...

This Black Friday set a new online shopping record, with more than $11.8 billion in sales. As those packages are delivered, officials are warning consumers to protect themselves from theft, as ...

PROTECTING US, BRIAN. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, PORCH PIRATES WILL LITERALLY FOLLOW DELIVERY TRUCKS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE YOURS. AND THEIR. THEY’LL PILFER THE PACKAGES FOR PROFIT. AND IF YOU DON’T ...

LEADER. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. THIS THE SEASON OF PORCH PIRATES. MORE THAN 50% OF PACKAGES ARE STOLEN DURING THE HOLIDAY MONTHS, ACCORDING TO A PORCH THEFT STUDY. GOOD EVENING. I’M MADDIE ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Porch pirates are using inexpensive electronic gadgets to jam the Wi-Fi connection to a home’s security camera. “I’d say stealing packages is fairly low tech, but this is kind of ...

Pick one “hidden drop” spot (deck box, behind the side gate, tucked by a planter, side door) and make that your default delivery note with USPS/FedEx/UPS. Don’t reinvent it every order. Set it once ...

Porch pirates are prowling in Eugene-Springfield. Brazen thefts of packages left on doorsteps and porches have been captured by doorbell and security cameras, but there's little victims can do once ...