Caught this guy on our Ring camera stealing parcels off our porch in SE London this afternoon. Broad daylight, no hesitation. Just walks in and takes two packages, including a cat harness and litter of all things.

Shortly after, someone nearby posted footage of what looks like the same guy taking flowers that had been left out in memory of their dad. He even stopped to read the card before walking off with them.

Feels like he’s targeting porches in the area. Police are aware on our side, but sharing this in case anyone recognises him or spots him doing the same elsewhere.

Keep an eye on your deliveries. Clearly not fussy about what he’s helping himself to.





by MrJamOnPS4

35 comments

  8. “I’m off shopping love, back in a bit”

    “OK, what you getting?”

    “Dunno yet”

  9. I was wondering why this isn’t more of a thing/problem just yesterday.

  10. Time to organise a sting operation. But a giant inviting looking package with a big bow on it outside your door around the same time of day and lie in wait and BAM citizens arrest

  11. Catch the pigeon song 🎶 ensues in my head …especially nab him , grab him .

    Does this count as going equipped ?

  12. Stealing flowers and a card is a whole different level of fucked. There is no value in them to anyone except for the person who laid them there.

  14. I hope this doesn’t become a trend like it is in the US.

  15. Pets at Home order too?

    Hope your pets aren’t going without 🤞

  16. maybe he is anti consumerism 

    fight the power ✊🏼

  17. So when are you putting decoy boxes out and dishing some vigilante justice out?

  18. There was a team of thieves when I lived in Ealing who would follow the Amazon trucks around when they delivered in the day. Anything left on the doorstep would have about 20 minutes maximum before they nabbed it.

    Some more dedicated members of our road WhatsApp chat took to following them in turn, but when they confronted the thieves, it took on an aggressive nature.
    They didn’t have a lot to lose it seemed.

    A couple of the residents put dog crap in Amazon boxes and left it on their own doorstep, which lead to discarded boxes of dog crap on our street, and had no positive effect on the situation.

    Essentially, unless you had a lock box, or you were in a lot (and watched the Amazon app because the delivery drivers don’t always knock) you were better off just going to a shop and not giving Bezos your money.

  19. I live in Southwark too, all my parcels get delivered to in-store collection, or pickup point, or to my parents’ address in bloody Wales before I try to get them delivered with the risk of me not being able to meet the delivery, and failing all that I don’t buy the product. It’s just so not worth it.

  21. For a brief moment I thought you meant your porch was stolen.

    Sadly this is becoming far too common

  23. Just know this person has and will never contribute anything meaningful to society, it’s a shame we have to live with people like this and there will be no punishment for him, guarantee he has a criminal record like a yellow pages.

  24. the main issue are delivery drivers LEAVING PARCELS GRRRRRR why do they state multiple delivery attempts if they just leave it outside on the first attempt? The companies should be held accountable and provide better service, bastards!!!

  25. I’m genuinely afraid to get a parcel sent from my home country to London incase someone nicks it. I just want my PC back, man!!

  26. If possible, I choose to get parcels delivered to my local Post Office counter (or Amazon Locker) because of arseholes like this guy. Luckily, the P.O. and lockers are both close by

  27. No disguise is as stealthy as a crutch with a supermarket trolley and a bright blue beanie (on a 20 degree day).

    Slow Horses training day?!

  28. How do you sell random stuff that you stole? Or is it just steal everything and hope it’s a phone?

  30. A shopping trolley!

    The ones round my way just have big aldi bags!

  31. Some muppet stole something from my porch but I wonder how they feel about my 100 page empty notebook with a blobfish on the cover with the text “Keep on Blobbin'”

  33. I used to live in the worst part of one of the most crime-ridden cities in the country. The crims would burgle your house, steal your car and commit any number of crimes to feed their various habits – but it always amused me that they wouldn’t steal parcels from doorsteps. Somehow in their twisted system of morals, that was beyond the pale.

  35. Imagine if neighbours could actually stream out and deal with this on the spot.

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