DC police cracking down on recent wave of porch pirates with sting operations: Sending a message [Video]

Washington, D.C. law enforcement has begun targeting thieves who steal deliveries from residents, sometimes using sting operations to catch these porch pirates, who may face harsher charges from prosecutors, according to local reports.

“The once largely seasonal crime grew during the pandemic, when trips to stores were difficult, and has since become far more common throughout the year in D.C. and elsewhere,” The Washington Post reported.

The report described how package thieves have made it more difficult for shoppers who were already finding common products locked up in brick-and-mortar stores due to a rise in retail theft.

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As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department has adopted tactics like baiting porch pirates. Anecdotes reported by the Washington Post included police observing one man biking past a rowhouse seven times before grabbing a box with an Amazon label that had been planted as bait.

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