Oak Creek Police Investigating Rash Of Package Thefts

OAK CREEK, WI — Police in Oak Creek are investigating a series of package thefts in the city that happened on Dec. 6.

The string of thefts reads like a connect-the-dots challenge: each time police responded to a call about a package theft, they found an empty package on a resident's front porch that belonged to someone in a different neighborhood or down the street.

According to Oak Creek police call logs, a resident on the 7500 block of S. Quincy Ave. reported having three packages taken from her porch. The home owner told police that Amazon delivered the packages to her front door during the afternoon. When police investigated, they found an empty box addressed to a home on S. Pine Ave.

When police contacted the home owner on S. Pine Ave. he told police he was expecting a package, only to find an empty box on his front porch. According to police, that box was addressed to a home on the 600 block of E. Lakeview Drive.

When police went to the E. Lakeview Drive residence, they found four other packages there, three which listed to the home itself, and a fourth that was empty and belonged - you guessed it - to someone else. The empty box was addressed to a home on E. Ruth Ellen Lane.

So police went to Ruth Ellen Lane, and found an empty package left on the porch. It listed to a home on 200 E. Centennial Drive.

Later that day, a resident on the 1300 block of E. Forest Hill Ave. called police, saying a suspect wearing all-black clothing and traveling in a dark sedan stole her Target package from her front porch after it had been delivered just 20 minutes prior. As she spoke with police, she found an empty package on her porch addressed to the home on E. Ruth Ellen Lane.

Minutes later, a resident on the 3400 block of E. Ryan Road called police, saying they found a package addressed to the home on E. Ruth Ellen Lane.

Police investigated another case, this time from a home owner on the 8100 block of S. Lauree Lane. That home owner told police an opened Amazon box was left on his porch. It belonged to a person who lived on the 8200 block of S. Verdev Drive.