{"id":465218,"date":"2025-12-22T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/465218\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:56:11","slug":"san-antonio-police-issue-warnings-about-porch-pirates-and-juggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/465218\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio police issue warnings about porch pirates and ‘juggers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The San Antonio Police Department is cautioning that there are several ways local holiday shoppers can protect themselves from two crime trends this holiday season \u2014 porch piracy and jugging.<\/p>\n

Delivery trucks can be seen rumbling up and down neighborhood streets every day, sometimes from more than one delivery company at a time, dropping off holiday gifts on porches before Christmas.<\/p>\n

Crooks are also making their rounds \u2014 hunting for packages that linger too long on porches and looking to snatch them up.<\/p>\n

Officer Lizzandra Trevino, a spokeswoman for SAPD, said porch thefts need to be reported to help police track down those responsible \u2014 and the faster, the better.<\/p>\n

“You can still call 9-1-1. It would still be considered an emergency,” she said. “You’re making a theft report. If you see it happening in person, definitely give us a call, 9-1-1. If you, yourself, deem it … unnecessary to call right away, you can call our non-emergency line.”<\/p>\n

The non-emergency line number for SAPD is 210-207-7273.<\/p>\n

Trevino said it’s best to make arrangements for a family member to be home when a delivery is expected or to have a trusted friend or neighbor be on the lookout for expected packages. <\/p>\n

Malls and shopping centers are also magnets for thieves who know shoppers are distracted by long shopping lists and other holiday errands.<\/p>\n

Trevino said “jugging” is another holiday crime trend San Antonians need to be aware of. Thieves case shopping centers and malls looking for anyone who appears to be spending a lot of out-of-pocket cash or making large withdrawals from ATMs.<\/p>\n

Juggers are known not only known to strike on the spot if someone is alone, but also to follow victims to another location, even to their homes, to demand cash.<\/p>\n

Trevino said shoppers need to be aware of the surroundings at all times.<\/p>\n

“If you’re going to be taking out cash, don’t leave it laying out,” she said. “If it’s a large lump sum, try to take it home where you can secure it, rather than … completing the rest of your errands, or you can also take another individual with you that you trust and confide in that can keep an eye out.”<\/p>\n

Trevino said to keep major shopping centers safe, officers are maintaining a strong presence in marked patrol units. She also said shoppers need to report to police anyone loitering or walking around retail parking lots over extended periods of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":465219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-465218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-san-antonio","10":"tag-sanantonio","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115765456736226842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}