Seasonal & Holidays
Police Warn About Package Thefts, Complex Gift Card Scams
People stealing packages off people's porches before they're able to get home is happening more during every holiday season.
December 13, 2023
BOSTON - It seems to be happening more and more each holiday season. People stealing packages off people's porches before they're able to get home and bring it inside.
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It happened to a couple in Boston over the weekend. Meredith and Cory said their Dorchester apartment's security camera caught a man allegedly stealing packages from them and their neighbors around six Sunday morning. Despite these packages being placed inside the vestibule, surveillance video shows the man opened the door, grabbed the packages, and placed them in bags before he walked away.
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A man caught on security camera stealing packages from a Dorchester home/CBS Boston
The packages were gifts Meredith had purchased for family members. She is now going through the process of ordering replacements or getting refunds.
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