Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A porch pirate is captured in action in a photo taken in Moreno Valley, Calif., in September 2021. New research says cameras often ...

Thieves are much less likely to try to steal a box inside a busy building that's likely equipped with cameras than they are on an unmonitored porch in a quiet neighborhood. Another benefit of ...

(WHTM)– Eighty billion dollars worth of goods will be delivered to homes this holiday season, which is very attractive to thieves. This time of the year is prime time for porch pirates to steal stuff ...

FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) – It is the holiday shopping season, and you might soon be expecting some packages to pile up on your doorstep. The increase in deliveries brings a higher chance of porch pirates.

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (KGO) -- With the holiday shopping season comes front porch package theft season. Security video caught a white car pulling into a Morrisville driveway on Nov. 27. A woman then gets ...

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 ...

Worried about “porch pirates” making off with your holiday packages? California is the worst state in the nation for package theft, according to home security website Safewise. Package thefts in 2025 ...

The Beavercreek Police Department shared on social media that with same-day shipping becoming the norm, porch theft is becoming more common. “When you get that ‘Delivered’ notification, it should feel ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Residents at a Rockville apartment complex are on high alert after porch pirates went on a stealing spree two days in a row. "This time of year, we see a lot of these ...