sit down hold on I need to breathe I'm sorry I have bad anxiety mommy can you tell them sit down I just want you to give me my package B I don't have it no you do cuz I saw you on my I don't have them isn't it amazing how you can have almost everything you need delivered to your house sounds great in theory but it also made way for a new Infamous species of crooks the sneaky porch Pirates these people have replaced frightening ships with scooters and eye patches with backpacks they lurk around neighborhoods ready to snatch your most recent Amazon order let's meet some of them please God I'll do whatever don't do this to me excuse me please Mommy come K me please Mommy excuse me can you let me know what's going on yep you're going back to the Montgomery Police Department this woman is clearly in a state of panic by the sound of her voice you'd think she's probably being mistreated it's kind of hard to tell her age but she doesn't sound that old she's asking for her mom so she could be a minor why is she on the backseat of a police car all by herself and why is it taking so long for her to get a response well before you start feeling sorry for her let's watch what happened a couple minutes prior oh all right so I got just explained to you okay you don't have to answer questions if you don't want to if you decide to answer questions you can stop at any time if you want to talk to a l before asking answering any questions you can also do that so right now the car is being seized uh cuz you have a bunch of stolen packages in it okay um he's under arrest and you're under arrest got it yes sir okay well I mean how many houses did you guys hit I don't cuz you were literally throwing packages from houses that you stole from into other houses front yards no I was not but you're driving I'm sorry what so what I mean I apologize sir I don't want to be in any more trouble I'll do whatever I'm I mean you been driving all over town did you guys just start all I just started I promise it seems there's no need for us to feel bad for her she's just fine the police officer did his job impeccably explained her rights and proceeded to try to get the whole story out of from what we can tell so far this very dramatic porch pirate stole boxes from people's houses and didn't even have the common courtesy to properly discard the packaging she and her accomplice just threw them into other people's yards after they' taken the goods for themselves I just need to know if I can get a what's going to happen can you guys site me and I get picked up or something we got to figure that out you guys got a lot of packages there we got to get through we got to figure all this stuff out you just been following Amazon driver around no I just was seeing what houses had packages in certain areas I didn't even get so so knowing what you know and knowing what you guys were doing why would you start with such an attitude as soon as this officer tried to pull you over I have to say she would have fooled me into thinking she was innocent thankfully most police officers can smell this kind of behavior a mile away even though the woman made quite the scene when she was first pulled over police officers kept their call and continued with the investigation that's the thing with people nowadays having ring cameras all over their properties you just can't get away easily even if you do decide to wear a mask here's how she got pulled over I need help please nothing I'm doing your any gun the car no sir I don't I'm with because I don't know why why are we being asked if we have guns well stop right there first off you're driving without any tail lights second off we keep getting reports of people stealing packages off the porches where all these boxes come from we were building gingerbread houses I got them out the recycling I just stopped right there and got some from where right there where I I just passed the police at he's under age he's only 15 okay so when we go watch these videos from all the ring cameras of people stealing off the porches is it going to be him cuz he's wearing a mask just like person in the videos no that's cuzz he keeps his hair down so he's wearing a ski mask cuz he his outside yes it's he does he's in a car why he's the one who does my deliver yeah nice try with the mask explanation if it's cold outside wear a cap also if you need to keep your hair up use a scrunchie or something it's interesting to watch police officers just go on with people's hilarious explanations makes you wonder if sometimes they're just doing it for fun trying to see how far a criminal can go with their made up stories to cover their tracks or maybe it's part of their strategy let someone ramble and they're bound to get caught up in their own lies at some point you have a driver's license on you no sir my mom does can I please just have her no what's your name t p mommy please come here I'm sending you my location are all these boxes empty some of them are which ones aren't I don't know there was some in the trunk can we look at him yes get your info for me no mommy you open the door for what's your name I'm scared Taylor can I please step out com just sit down just calm down Taylor common spelling t a y l o r mommy please come here last name last name can you spell your last last name for me yeah can you open the doors for us you could just pull them I'm sorry last name please Tay L Nicole yes sit down hold on I need to breathe I'm sorry I have bad anxiety mommy can you tell them this may be a prime example of a criminal trying to pull a siky this type of behavior is called mingering remember when you told your parents you suddenly had a stuffy knows the night before an important test at school it's pretty much the same although it's still possible that she's telling the truth and she may actually have difficulty breathing after all she did just get caught by the police sit down I'm trying to you're not I'm sitting down you need to start listening okay I'm trying to sir I'm sorry Taylor and Nicole my anxiety's really bad I'm about to faint Taylor Nicole yes sir that's your last name yes sir N I see h o l e date of birth 1221 1999 all right at this point go step out for me put your phone right there for me Mommy put your phone right there what's going on you're being detained as well mommy no mommy go to my house come get my phone together my boyfriend my dogs put the back you put the back of your hands can you guys s my mom my location please he doesn't need your location yes she does oh I'm 23 all right well don't still need to know Mommy please come give me a please Mom I'm going to go run this see if I can get something for him yeah they got like 20 packages in there cute of her to keep calling her mom to come save her the problem is once you're an adult this strategy doesn't work when you're dealing with experienced police officers they saw the Box boxes on the back seat of the car and probably had enough ring camera footage to connect the dots so knowing what you know and knowing what you guys were doing why would you start with such an attitude as soon as this officer tried to pull you over you close the door but start screaming what you're getting pulled over no I I opened the door and I asked what I was getting pulled over for and then I realized the tail lights were off too so I had to put the I put the tail lights on when I just stop right there on the street why' you keep driving into the parking lot because I was trying to get off of the main road I'm sorry I was always time when you get pulled over to get off the main road I'm sorry all right so you don't know how many houses you hit it was probably like 10 okay I just don't want to be in trouble I I don't I do I do whatever I had to do I just need a citation of something impossible I don't know if that's going to be the course of action tonight but we got to figure all that out okay so put your feet back in there I'm going to close the store for just a minute she actually played the sympathy card pretty well you could even say that she genuinely regrets her actions how however stealing is still a crime and feeling sorry won't change that what's also interesting is that if you pay close attention to her speech you'll see she's pretty familiar with how these types of procedures go she's asking if she can get a citation she understands what she needs to do when pulled over by the police so it's either she's been in this situation before or she was able to somehow prepare for it so how do you know him I don't know him for real I was just what's his name huh how old is he he's only 15 okay can you please let me know what's going to happen to me can I get like sided can I get a yes sir I have work and I have dogs and a kid at home so why are you out doing this because I was trying to make my rip money and I didn't I was scared cuz the lady just texted me and told me she need needed some money who the rent lady you could go check my phone she just said she needed money so how do you know this kid like how did he get ried into helping you steal packages because I was helping his mom asked me to help her while she got on her feet and so she was staying with me but she didn't help me with nothing and I'm trying she don't she gets food stamps for him and everything and I've had them for like 6 months and she don't help me and I don't know what to do anymore how many houses have you guys hit not a lot sir I promise not a lot I just wanted the least trouble I return packages and everything I just can't I can't get in trouble I need I I got to go pay the rent where my dogs are they're going to be out there tomorrow and I don't know what to do that's why I want to talk to my mom I take a citation and go to court or whatever it takes I can't go to jail I'm sorry who's at home with your kids no no nobody it's his other brother it's his brother there's Twins and they're like kids to me and I shouldn't have had him out doing this so they're not your actual kids no I'm trying to get custody of them their mom said she was going to go to court for me and she never went to court for me to get custody so I've been doing it why would you get custody there be because she asked me for temp her with temporary custody because why because she don't have nowhere to live and I did but now I'm not going to have nowhere my dogs aren going to have nowhere here's where you can start to rec recognized signs that she may be a pathological liar she says she has kids at home but it turns out they're not hers she first says she doesn't really know the kid that helped her steal those packages but then she claims he and his alleged twin brother are like kids to her she also mentioned that they didn't hit a lot of houses that day but at some point remembers they stole from around 10 10 is a lot the woman was eventually taken to the local police station where she hopefully was able to get all her facts straight since porch piracy seems to be on the rise these days there are special police task forces who focus on protecting your online orders like this next officer who managed to Catch a Thief red-handed while patrolling on his bike in a Los crusis New Mexico neighborhood the culprit Gabriel Sierra didn't even wait for the sun to set it all happened at around 2:00 p.m. I got him over here put it down man that's going to be out with the subject cross from 1310 P put it down hey turn around wait keep your hands up keep your hands [Applause] up doing keep your hand back there that's isn't that ours that's our brother put your hand behind your back that's not ours police officers then tried to find out if Gabriel had any justification for lurking around the neighborhood for as long as he did they'd been keeping an eye on him for most of the day funny enough Gabriel himself had noticed the police officers cruising around but it didn't stop him from trying to steal the package I'll tell you what's going on here a second I just want to make sure I know who I'm dealing with give you over here at uh 1310 posos 79 I don't no I don't stay there I see you been there all day Gabriel family M that Liv there which apartment uh one I it's at the very end it's 215 215 I believe Rico's place no not not Rico's no well he lives in 15 215 no he yeah he does does he yes he does oh no it's not 215 it's 218 dud obviously we know 218 is like the last two it's the last two before you hit the last Dan 28 vac and I kind of figured you guys were watching me too I was like and I thought that was EMP on because I need it after confirming his identity officers took him to the police car for questioning sadly for Gabriel he just kept going on and on with the lies you know I always wondered if cops have some sort of lame excuses Hall of Fame you know lines they've gathered from people throughout the years after being caught doing something illegal because this porch Pirates defense was would be a good example oh why am I in trouble for this okay what we're going to do right now he didn't give me inform like I thought it was I thought I thought it was trash man honestly that's what I thought it was I haven't asked you any questions about what's no I know but I'm letting you know give the opportunity to tell your whole story here in just no I thought it was trash bro that's what I thought it was following standard procedure the officers then read Gabriel his rights you understand these rights as I've explained them to you sir with these rights in mind do you want to uh answer some questions about what happened today with the Box yeah okay I'm going to have you sign this okay is that a no trespassing no it's a it's just actually I'm recording it but I don't feel comfortable taking your handcuffs off right now um you've been Cooperative you didn't run I appreciate that U but uh you acknowledged while I'm recording it that you're willing to answer my questions okay and you understand your right okay that's probably one of the hardest parts of being a cop seeing someone commit a felony and still having to keep calm and follow procedure you also have to take into account that these thieves can often be very unpredictable even if they're not armed they can still react violently towards police officers especially when they're caught in the act watch how this officer calmly continues his questioning hinting that it's already too late to come up with an excuse okay so here's what we're where we're going to start we're going to start with what we already know okay instead of me saying okay what happened obviously there's a whole bunch of cops all over the place we know where the package came from we know we know you're not the owner no I know but I thought it was garbage I thought it was trash like an empty box okay so what you're telling me is that we know where you came from you want to explain to me how you I saw you with it between the apartments over there how did you get the box and how did you get from where wherever it came from okay I went over there I saw one of my friends I got that cigarette off my friend and then I was around the corner he he asked me um cuz he's moving mhm and that's what I was going to go do I was going to go help him move okay and I I just saw the box there and I figured I'll go get the box cuz you need boxes to move yes did it yeah well when I lifted it up I thought it was trash at first and then and then when you guys came to like when you guys rolled on me I I noticed that it was a closed package yeah and I I was like oh dang like I didn't I didn't think at the moment what it was MH until when I saw you guys isn't it a bit convenient that you just figured out you weren't holding a piece of trash in your hands after the police called you out a sealed box all neat and untouched probably with a label on it and it didn't ring any bells and then that's when I that's why I didn't run or nothing cuz I know that's I I was okay well I appreciate that I thought it honestly I thought it was trash man that's what I really thought it was even though it was sealed up and everything no it didn't look sealed yeah come on over here bro it didn't it didn't look brother it didn't look Sil okay but it feel like didn't feel like it obviously wasn't an empty box I don't know when I lifted it up I thought it was all trash okay that's what people do is sorry but that really doesn't make any sense you really don't need to study a box intensely to figure out it's not trash and either way once you've picked it up and feel its weight that should be clear enough still you Can't Blame a person for trying to come up with all sorts of excuses after being caught red-handed some do it because they're too Ash ashamed of what they've done others truly believe the lie they're telling is so good it's going to protect them from any negative outcome where did you get it from exactly uh kind of off to the side of we know where you got it from yeah kind of off to the side of the doorstep okay right on like where someone would walk in to go in and out of no not right there like a little off like little it was kind of like where they put the trash by the window like right there where they put that bucket you know like go off okay so pretty much right outside the front door you have to appreciate the police officer sarcasm here he's clearly getting pretty fed up with the lies you can't just assume that if someone left a box outside their house even for days on in that it's yours to take yeah where they put or not like like kind of just read off like to the side okay all right anything else you want to tell me about it that's it help yourself out and that no that's and then I just dropped it cuz I I saw you guys and I I didn't know it was package you all right hang tight that's why I didn't lead or try and run or cuz I already I I don't do those type of things you know like I don't try and grab s packages like that I'm not I thought it was just a box that was empty but I thought it was trash when I lifted it I didn't think at the moment you know what I mean cuz I that's what people do is that they leave their trash right there in front of the door you would think that people would like take their boxes in and stuff you know like that's what I thought see all that stuff right there like like people put their bags right there for days you know what I mean that's what I'm used to you know for what I've [Applause] seen I'm sorry guys I I I didn't mean to do anything bad me I was just looking for bucks I'm sorry that's why I didn't it's becoming clearer by the minute that this isn't the Man's first offense he tries to present the initial position of the box as if it was near a garbage can he also tries to shift the blame to people who live in the neighborhood as if they're just leaving empty boxes randomly on the street being extra apologetic doesn't help either if you've nothing to hide why should you apologize the thief also insists on pointing out he never tried to run from the officers or resist being detained in the following moments though he'll ultimately make a confession that surely didn't help his case you guys could trespass me or whatever is me well we're probably going to do that too I need to talk to the management over there poos CU I'm pretty sure they don't want this kind of activity going on no I well what activity I thought it was an empty box well you're getting charged with theft you're getting charged with Larson today is that aony it's $399 before you go picking up other people's property you might might want to know how what it is you're Tak going to jail right now yeah you're going to jail you're under arrest I'm going to take everything out of your pockets and I want to know there's there's no uh needles or anything can you guys give me a break on this cuz I mean I I just got out are there any it does speak volumes about one's experience with the law if you feel comfortable suggesting to police officers what you should be charged with jokes aside his hopes of being released went out the window once he let it slip that he'd just been recently released from prison police officers knew exactly who they were looking for sure but it worked to their advantage that the man confessed on camera that this wasn't his first time committing a crime oh give me a break on this man I didn't you committ ly that was no I know but like listen even even if it was trash listen for a second if I get stuck you're going to pick up major charge no there's not okay that's what I want to know it had value okay you weren't picking up I well that's what I thought it was I thought that people would have got that a long time ago well we watched you look at the label we watch watch you look at the Box you actually walked away from me and then you came back who's in the red car you were talking to uh bag somebody that asked for a cigarette man please give me a break on this man I didn't know any better man I come on man please care about my life man I didn't mean to do any lening man I I was just looking out for a box bro I thought it was trash that's what people usually do is these are trash out there I mean sure the thief didn't become aggressive by any stretch of the imagination but once he saw he couldn't play the sympathy card his tone changed you could almost sense him getting a bit annoyed to be fair to him being arrested for theft does ruin one's beautiful sunny day when you you thought it was a box I thought it was a box empty box and when I picked it up I thought it was just trash inside you feel like when you picked it up like trash like I I didn't really realize what it was some heavy trash yeah yeah people put you you want please man I don't I don't need this charge on me right now brother well please can you just give me a break I didn't mean this man I I'll I'll disappear from here man can you please help me out with this you're not getting any breakes today why not like I didn't know any better brother this is the uh wrong place to be doing this kind of stuff we're cracking down on time in this area okay it wasn't that I was doing crime brother I was just trying to look for a box no there's nothing [Applause] that sorry I didn't mean to do anything bad like that well I'm not I'm not really I mean if my your package was sitting on your porch no to me that's what trash look like if you look at other people doorsteps there's like bags and stuff like all right like have seat right Gabriel continued to plead with officers to be let go but it was too late he was taken to a local detention center and charged with Larsen the police task force stated that they would go on with these porch pirate surveillance operations expanding to many more undisclosed locations around the area nothing suspicious so far just a lady casually parking scooter ready to go inside the house like any responsible homeowner she checks the packages she had delivered on her porch before entering her home another woman comes out of the house and they casually greet each other hi hi hi I want my pack want my packages from the other day from me yeah yeah I can uh uh drop off packages no yeah no I have you on my ring I recognize you that's fine yeah yeah when you bring back those packages you stole on Saturday there's two of them I didn't take no packages I had a you did do you want me to call the police no I'm happy to call the police I want my packages back why are you up here taking these packages let's pause for a bit check out how the woman with the backpack walked so casually and confidently towards the porch that she made all of us think that she was checking out her own orders by the looks of it she knew exactly where to come and where to park her scooter but that's not because she owned the place it's simp wasn't her first time visiting this house and she definitely wasn't invited the real owner had captured this next recording with the help of a doorbell camera 2 days prior the robber had already noticed no one was home she arrived looking relaxed picked up the boxes as if she owned them and casually walked away now let's travel back to when she was confronted by the real owner of the house comment down below if you can guess how the sneaky Thief handled it why are you up here taking these packages I'm not taking it I have to to switch it cuzz that's my job cuz somebody what's your job do you want me to show you yeah I don't think I have to explain myself to you though I think you do you're on my porch taking my packages okay I'm not taking packages I I have to switch it cuz sometimes they make a mistake oh who made a mistake do you work for fat x uh yeah or UPS yeah okay so what are you switching do you want to give me my other packages no those packages were not yours ma'am time I know those are yours I have to check the name you have to admit the woman with the backpack is half funny half outrageous and you do have to admire her creativity she did her best to come up with a credible reason as to why she was picking up someone else's box truth is couriers from delivery companies don't have any reason to come back to your place to check on the packages they've already delivered most of them hardly have the time to knock at your door to let you know you've received your order in the first place this porch pirates's confidence is also borderline audacious she even claimed she didn't need to provide any explanation for what she did who do you work for I'm not going to tell you that I don't have to tell you nothing you're a thief okay are you going to smile on my face like this I just want you to give me my package back I don't have it no you do cuz I saw you on my porch I don't have them I saw you on my ring on my porch more no no no no by the end of of their awkward interaction the owner probably headed back inside the house to alert the local police the robber never confessed so it's safe to say the packages were never returned if there's any good advice to take away from this video apart from obviously picking up your orders from your door as soon as you can it's the owner's very calm demeanor she definitely didn't buy the whole I work for FedEx line but she kept her cool and simply kept demanding to have her stuff returned in all fairness you'd never know if these porch Pirates Come armed not to mention they can easily become aggressive when caught red-handed so it's best to keep calm no matter how outraged you really are you can't always rely on Brave careers though judging by this next video being a hero wasn't even an option for this delivery person the box was snatched from her hands before she even set foot on the recipient's porch this was while she was completing an order in Richmond Virginia what's even more shocking was that this happened in broad daylight in what seems to be a pretty respectable neighborhood the woman didn't even try running after the thief she clearly knew she didn't stand a chance the culprit had conveniently parked very close to the house that way he could make a quick Escape The Courier had no other choice but to let the owner know that their package had been stolen hi is someone home yes can you come please I iage someone just just stole it a Woman Soon came out of the house and confirmed with her husband on the phone that the Box did in fact belong to them not only that but it also contained a pretty expensive purchase an iPhone worth $1,600 that's my package that's my my my my iPad yeah you ordering an iPad yeah from Verizon yeah I'm sorry it's usually usually it's like a phone or something that they follow us for this case was so outrageous that it was soon taken over by a lot of media Outlet and presented all over the news when speaking to reporters the owner mentioned she had other packages waiting to be picked up at the front door but for some reason they weren't as appealing to criminals as the iPad I mean sure it figures but how is it that porch Pirates can tell what's inside your package by just looking at it in fact there are multiple ways they can either look at the box and see if there are any well-known expensive Brands labeled on the outside or they can do something that's even more simple parked right there I I'm parked right there I was he met me at my clu and said something and I said I have a package for there I have to have someone there sign it and so he he walked with me all the way to here then grabbed it out of my hand car and off if a package needs a signature for it to be safely delivered it either has an age requirement or it's presumed to have a high value when sending out expensive Electronics most manufacturers mention the price of their goods in case something happens during the delivery related to the transportation company they'll know how much money they're owed this porch pirate probably had this piece of valuable information before stealing the box and I'm hoping you got it on your ring doorbell the homeowner does what she can to offer comfort you want to come in no I'm good I appreciate it I just wanted to let you know I just watch he takes it he sells it and takes it to his white BMW and I'm running back to my car to get my phone The Courier was pretty shaken up after the experience and for good reason reason this probably wasn't this thief's first rodeo by walking calmly side by side with the woman as she was delivering the package he misled her into thinking that maybe he was in fact the owner of the house and likewise the owner of the box there was nothing in his behavior that could have indicated he was up to no good these videos clearly show that porch Pirates are lurking everywhere these days but if you're a fan of online shopping there are ways you can protect yourself from having your belongings taken away before you even get a chance to review them set up a security camera even if something goes wrong you'll have proof it's not just in your imagination also ask a neighbor to pick up your boxes if you're not at home motion detection lights might help too once those lights pop up in your yard it just might scare the thieves away