[Lincolnparkdc] Observed person stealing packages from front of home

[Martha Huizenga]

They do still offer this program. But the postal service could knock.

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 1:56 PM Paul Krupa <paul.krupa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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