Porch Pirates Coverage

Porch pirates are waiting to take your gifts. 5 On Your Side has ways to protect your packages.
Don't let your guard down. Porch pirates are waiting to help themselves to your gifts.

Protect your packages from porch pirates with delivery boxes, doorbell cameras and floodlights
Don't let your guard down. Porch pirates are waiting to help themselves to your gifts.

Talking Tech: Protect your packages from porch pirates
Talking Tech reviews some of the best ways to keep porch pirates from stealing your packages.

'I ain't got nothing:' Packages stolen from wrongfully convicted NC man's doorstep
Ronnie Long spent 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Decades of his life, he says, were robbed from him. Now after being only three months out, someone has stolen from him again.

Man discovers porch pirate stealing his packages is squirrel
A California man who often has packages stolen from his front door finally captured the thief red-handed.

Holiday season highlight: UPS driver caught on camera hiding package from porch pirates
It's that time of the year when porch pirates are on the prowl looking to steal precious packages. So the actions of a UPS driver caught on camera were all the more impressive to Sampson County homeowner Latoya Price.

UPS driver hides package from thieves
A UPS deliveryman went the extra mile to make sure a TV got to the right recipient, and his effort was caught on camera.

How to keep your packages from being stolen
With Cyber Monday done, many shoppers are now expecting deliveries.

Missouri porch pirate gets stinky surprise in package, is later arrested
A Missouri family played the ultimate prank on a porch pirate.

Doorbell camera captures Amazon driver delivering, taking packages off Raleigh porch
An Amazon delivery driver may just be a swashbuckler in the world of porch pirates.

Amazon, police investigating alleged theft of packages from Raleigh porch
An Amazon delivery driver may just be a swashbuckler in the world of porch pirates.

Choose workplace or locker delivery to thwart porch pirates
The phenomenon of "porch pirates," people stealing packages from front porches, has surged along with online shopping. A 2018 study found nearly one in four people has been a victim of package theft.

Before Prime Day, prepare to thwart porch pirates
The safest bet is to have your online orders delivered to work or to another secure location, rather than having boxes tempt thieves from the front porch.

Durham police searching for man caught on camera stealing packages from porch
Police are searching for a man caught on camera stealing packages from a Durham porch.

Raw: Man steals packages from Durham porch
Police are searching for a man caught on camera stealing packages from a Durham porch.

Prevention key to stop 'porch pirates'
Police warn online shoppers about "porch pirates" and offer advice to prevent theft of packages delivered to your doorstep.

How to protect your deliveries from 'porch pirates'
Police warn online shoppers about "porch pirates" and offer advice to prevent theft of packages delivered to your doorstep.