Prosecutors on Long Island said on Monday they have dismantled a "sophisticated criminal organization" that stole FedEx packages containing electronic devices.
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.
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.
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.
Door camera footage shows a person crouched underneath a garbage bag approaching a front door and stealing a parcel.
Police say the suspect, identified as 27-year-old Jose Eder Mateo, took the packages and stuffed them into his bookbag.