SACAMRAMENTO (CBS13) – Wednesday was the busiest delivery day of the year. This holiday season, package deliveries are up by about 12 percent, but also on the rise are package thefts.
A real-life Scrooge walks up to a Stockton porch in broad daylight and makes off with their Christmas gifts.
Postal service spokesman Gus Ruiz says as more and more people are taking advantage of shopping online, thieves are taking advantage as well.
“These parcel pirates are following these truck, and as soon as they drop off a parcel at a doorstep and they see that it is unattended, they will swoop in, take it and off they go,” said Ruiz.
You have to wonder if Amazon is going to change the “Carrier Leave if no Response” language on their labels?? Because the theft of these packages has to be costing them BIG $$$$!!