Texas porch pirate, topless and barefoot, swipes Nordstrom dress – on video
A barefoot Houston porch pirate lost her top as she sprinted to snatch a package in video captured by the homeowner’s Ring doorbell camera.
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A barefoot Houston porch pirate lost her top as she sprinted to snatch a package in a video captured by the homeowner’s Ring doorbell camera.
"She clearly was having a wardrobe problem on the way up," Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen told Fox News Thursday evening. "I don’t think I’ve seen one of those."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The video shows a woman sprinting up to the front door of a Houston home, struggling, and failing, to keep her top from slipping off as she swipes the parcel – fittingly a new dress from Nordstrom, according to KHOU 11.
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While charges will depend on the value of the item stolen and whether the suspect can be linked to additional thefts, Rosen said the half-naked bandit likely won’t face public indecency charges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"We’re still investigating, and hopefully we’ll be able to potentially get her into custody soon," Rosen said.
Front-porch package thefts have risen in recent years along with a major increase in online shopping, although they usually spike leading into the holidays.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But doorbell camera sales have also grown steadily. And Constable Rosen even posted a public service announcement offering tips on how to avoid them to his Facebook account two years ago. That same year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new law increasing the penalty for serial porch pirates.
Some of the constable’s advice included making sure someone is at home when a delivery is expected or to ask your neighbors to keep an eye out. And of course – you could invest in a doorbell camera.
"The worst thing you can do is just let your package sit out [at] your front door," he said at the time.
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Many states require a stolen item to be valued at a certain dollar amount before its theft changes in severity from a misdemeanor to a felony.
The problem is so prevalent that lawmakers in Georgia have also proposed a bill that would make porch piracy a felony, regardless of the value of the items stolen.