[Lincolnparkdc] Observed person stealing packages from front of home

[Paul Krupa]

Not sure whether it is still available but there was a program where the
city would fund your camera installation. I believe it was for up to
$4-500. That would certainly provide a doorbell type camera with motion
detection.
Paul

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 1:17 PM Mark <markrichardgrace at gmail.com> wrote:

> The city should do cameras like the speed ones if they were serious
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 1:12 PM Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Paul for this. Unfortunately we're home most of the day and I have
>> found that most of our Amazon packages are delivered by postal service.
>> However, the postal carriers aren't knocking or ringing the bell. They just
>> leave the packages usually before or after the mail. So you have to keep a
>> watch out for them.
>>
>> I saw something on the news I think that made me think they have stopped
>> knocking in an effort to touch fewer surfaces.
>>
>> So keep an eye on your Amazon delivery updates.
>>
>> Martha
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 12:21 PM Paul Krupa <paul.krupa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Saturday afternoon around 1:30 I was in my kitchen looking out onto
>>> Independence and observed a masked (N95-type) man whom I did not recognize
>>> enter the gate, pick up a package, observe it, place it in his shopping bag
>>> and exit. I went out to my back porch and shouted, "Is that yours" and he
>>> said, "yes" and proceeded west on Independence Ave SE.
>>> I quickly lost sight of him but got on my bike and went down 12 street
>>> looking down the alleys and saw him in the alley between Walter and C
>>> streets near the intersection with 13th. I was on 12th and he saw me and
>>> began running north. At this time I contacted the police via 911 and gave
>>> them the information. They called back but I was not able to provide much
>>> detail of his appearance or present whereabouts.
>>> This is interesting because when I walked the dog in the morning I went
>>> through the alley between Independence and C streets where I observed two
>>> new packages of Vigilante coffee sitting on a recycle bin where my dog has
>>> chosen to pee. I wondered who throws out sealed bags of coffee. Then I saw
>>> the "roasted on date" read June 10, just three days earlier. Below the
>>> recycle bin was an open Amazon box with a new book in it and a bottle of
>>> cocktail mix. Then it dawned on me that these might be items someone who
>>> pilfered packages didn't want. I collected the items and returned them to
>>> their owners.
>>> I'm reporting all of this as a long winded advisory to my neighbors to
>>> not order stuff if you can't be there to pick it up. The police,
>>> understandably, never showed and I don't expect them to. And I am not
>>> approaching thieves over stuff where someone can get hurt. I never got
>>> closer than a full block and never intended to. Just understand that if
>>> there is a brown truck on the street or the mailman delivering packages
>>> there is often someone following him collecting packages. Use a drop box or
>>> other arrangement to reduce the potential for crime.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul
>>> 202 255 9008
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Paul
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