This Brave Homeowner Catches A Woman Stealing Packages At The Right Time And Takes Action

Nov 09, 2018 by apost team

Thanks to the success of online retailers, more and more people are starting to shop online and receive packages at their homes. Often, these packages arrive while the purchaser is away at work. One of the unfortunate side effects of this trend is a rise in the number of package thefts.

In order to combat this form of robbery, home surveillance cameras and security apps are getting increasingly common. Michelle Tull, a homeowner who had ordered some online merchandise, was on her lunch break at work. That's when she got an alert from her Ring app informing her someone was near her front door.

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Michelle looked at the video imaging of the front porch of her Texas home. She was alarmed to see an unfamiliar woman who appeared to be brazenly swiping packages off her front porch and loading them into her vehicle!

Once Michelle realized what was going on, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

The Ring app allows users to talk to people near their homes remotely through a speaker system. That's exactly what Michelle did, and boy, was the woul-be thief in for a surprise!

“Hey, what are you doing?” Michelle demanded to know via loudspeaker. The woman stopped dead in her tracks. She seemed to be completely shocked to hear this voice coming from out of the blue.

Michelle went on to insist that the stranger quickly return all the stolen packages to her porch.

Without skipping a beat, the clever porch pirate reversed course, pretending that the whole thing was just a big misunderstanding. Michelle didn't buy her act.

View the video below to find out how this thief tried to cover her tracks. Her attempt to explain away her actions seems farfetched and desperate. Police told Michelle this kind of lame excuse is a growing trend for porch thievery. Thanks to savvy homeowners like Michelle, fewer of these package swipers are making off with people's purchases.

You may be amused to find out what was inside the boxes the thief was attempting to steal. Michelle thinks she would likely have been let down at the packages' contents!

What are your thoughts on both the attempted package theft as well as Michelle's quick reaction? What do you think of the thief's clever response? Pass this story along to alert your friends and family to this new porch piracy tactic!