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In the box: $12.09 worth of crayons.
Detective Paul Donohue was checking the area of Market Street and Clark Street when he found 57-year-old Flavio Arandi at 1:15 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler asid.
Arandi was released on a court summons charging him with theft.
CLIFFVIEW PILOT published the above image, taken from surveillance video, yesterday.
“He walked up my friend’s driveway off Morlot Avenue about 2:30 in the afternoon and took a box from Amazon and put it in a blue [laundry] bag [that] he carried with him,” a neighbor said.
Police urge citizens to not have packages left on porches or doorsteps.
It’s not a question of the day and age, they say: It just makes sense.
You can arrange times with just about every delivery service or have a package left with a neighbor — or have the neighbor pick it up.
You could also have a package sent to your local post office.
UPS charges a small fee to text you when a package is waiting. FedEx does it for free.
Also for a small fee, you can require that a package not be delivered unless someone signs for it.
UPS and FedEx also have special delivery methods (also for a fee) through which their employee can stash your package behind a planter or under the porch. And there’s always having the package delivered to you at work.
Just as importantly, police say citizens should all keep a look out and immediately report any suspicious people in the neighborhood to police. They don’t mind checking out tips. That’s how they not only catch criminals but prevent other crimes from happening.
NOTE: If a package of yours does disappear, check your credit card (many banks provide theft protection), then file a police report ASAP.
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