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Porch Pirate

How to protect yourself against porch pirates

  • Nov 18, 2025

7 On Your Side helps couple after new iPhones stolen by porch pirate

  • Oct 9, 2025

7 On Your Side helps man get items back after porch pirate strikes

  • Aug 12, 2025

"Twerking" porch pirates caught on doorbell camera

  • Dec 19, 2024

Public delivery lockers in NYC help residents keep packages safe

  • Nov 27, 2024

Caught on Camera: 3 college roommates chase down porch pirate

  • Oct 29, 2024

Woman ships Apple AirTag to herself as bait, catches mail thieves

  • Aug 22, 2024

Woman confronts porch pirate in the act, video shows

  • Aug 20, 2024

Latest Videos

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Caught on Camera: 3 college roommates chase down porch pirate

  • Oct 29, 2024
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Tips for keeping your packages safe from porch pirates

  • Jun 24, 2024
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Man captures suspected porch pirate in Queens with trap

  • Apr 4, 2024
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Queens homeowner confronts suspected porch pirate

  • Apr 4, 2024
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Porch pirate flees Yonkers police stopped by public works employee

  • Jan 9, 2024
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Porch pirates are on the rise this holiday season

  • Dec 4, 2023
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NJ porch pirates: 3 accused of stealing thousands worth of packages

  • Mar 30, 2022
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Best ways to safeguard shipping holiday gifts

  • Dec 9, 2021

Latest Stories

Video captures dueling porch pirates race to steal package outside Pa. home

Within seconds of the delivery, doorbell video shows two men making a sprint to the residence. As one suspect grabs the package, the other holds a flower pot as a chase ensues.

  • Jun 22, 2024

Upper East Side woman catches porch pirate in the act | 7 On Your Side

An Upper East Side woman caught the porch pirate on video and it wasn't some random person, but apparently a food courier who was buzzed into the building.

  • May 15, 2024
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Queens homeowner armed with bat puts out fake package to nab porch pirate

A New Yorker fed up with porch pirates targeting him and his neighbors decided to take matters into his own hands in what must be the most "New York" way possible.

  • Apr 4, 2024

Porch pirate disguised as trash bag steals package from home doorstep: VIDEO

Door camera footage shows a person crouched underneath a garbage bag approaching a front door and stealing a parcel.

  • Apr 4, 2024

27-year-old porch pirate accused of stealing packages from Yonkers home

Police say the suspect, identified as 27-year-old Jose Eder Mateo, took the packages and stuffed them into his bookbag.

  • Jan 10, 2024