Last night I was checking out our subdivision's Facebook page. There was a post about a porch pirate nabbing some packages at a house in the NE corner of the subdivision, a few streets over from me. A tale of woe from the lady stating that someone in an old red car had snatched some packages from her front porch and her Ring doorbell cam never had alerted her and she was home at the time. She said her daughter had just arrived home as the perp was leaving and she got a good look at the guy and the car but no plate. Since she said it was an older red car, I thought I would look at my cams around that time and see if a car came by that might match that description. We do not get many red cars, mostly white, black, silver or grey, but few red ones.
Sure enough, I spot this 2009 Kia Rio driving by from the direction of that part of the neighborhood.
So I send her the pic with the plate blocked out via a PM and ask her if this is the car. I told her if it was, I can send her the plate.
She sends back a note saying yes, that her daughter said it is. So I send back a note with the plate number and a rear view since it has a unique sticker on the back.
But then she sends me a note saying that they were pretty sure it is the same car. I panic and say that she needs to be very sure. I tell her that I cannot say this is the car that stole from her, it is just a car that drove by my house around the time of her theft. I tell her that the black trim is unique and maybe one of her neighbors can spot it on their cams? About ten minutes later she states that a neighbor says that looks like the car. She also mentions that at first her daughter though the guy was delivering the packages, but then realized he was taking them.
We carry on a conversation for a while as she whines about losing Xmas presents that are now too late to reorder. That it was so bad that someone would do this at Xmas and she will probably not get them back. I tell her to call the Constables and give them the info I gave her and that they can contact me if they need more info. I also gave her the contact info for the Deputy that usually asks me for video. She thanks me for my help and I tell her that I really do not like thieves, so I am happy to help.
Around 1pm today I am at my computer and I see someone delivering a package that I am expecting:
The first thing I notice is that the car is the one from yesterday. Oh crap! He is a seasonal delivery person for UPS! Yep, that is the same car!
What are the odds? I immediately send the lady a note telling her that I just got a package from him and I hope she had not yet called the Constables office. Luckily, she had not.
I always say I do not believe in coincidences, but here you are. Really, what are the odds that I would ID this car as a possible porch pirate and the very next day he delivers to me? I have gotten about 6-7 UPS deliveries in the past two weeks and all have been by marked UPS trucks. Never an independent driver using their own car.
One more thing: I had originally posted the pic with the blocked out front plate to her FB post asking if it was that car. But I deleted that post in about 30 seconds as I had a bad feeling about it. Like what if it is not the right car, and I really do not want others in the hood knowing what my cams can see.
Sure enough, I spot this 2009 Kia Rio driving by from the direction of that part of the neighborhood.
So I send her the pic with the plate blocked out via a PM and ask her if this is the car. I told her if it was, I can send her the plate.
She sends back a note saying yes, that her daughter said it is. So I send back a note with the plate number and a rear view since it has a unique sticker on the back.
But then she sends me a note saying that they were pretty sure it is the same car. I panic and say that she needs to be very sure. I tell her that I cannot say this is the car that stole from her, it is just a car that drove by my house around the time of her theft. I tell her that the black trim is unique and maybe one of her neighbors can spot it on their cams? About ten minutes later she states that a neighbor says that looks like the car. She also mentions that at first her daughter though the guy was delivering the packages, but then realized he was taking them.
We carry on a conversation for a while as she whines about losing Xmas presents that are now too late to reorder. That it was so bad that someone would do this at Xmas and she will probably not get them back. I tell her to call the Constables and give them the info I gave her and that they can contact me if they need more info. I also gave her the contact info for the Deputy that usually asks me for video. She thanks me for my help and I tell her that I really do not like thieves, so I am happy to help.
Around 1pm today I am at my computer and I see someone delivering a package that I am expecting:
The first thing I notice is that the car is the one from yesterday. Oh crap! He is a seasonal delivery person for UPS! Yep, that is the same car!
What are the odds? I immediately send the lady a note telling her that I just got a package from him and I hope she had not yet called the Constables office. Luckily, she had not.
I always say I do not believe in coincidences, but here you are. Really, what are the odds that I would ID this car as a possible porch pirate and the very next day he delivers to me? I have gotten about 6-7 UPS deliveries in the past two weeks and all have been by marked UPS trucks. Never an independent driver using their own car.
One more thing: I had originally posted the pic with the blocked out front plate to her FB post asking if it was that car. But I deleted that post in about 30 seconds as I had a bad feeling about it. Like what if it is not the right car, and I really do not want others in the hood knowing what my cams can see.
