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Porch Pirate

How to protect yourself against porch pirates

  • Nov 18, 2025

"Twerking" porch pirates caught on doorbell camera

  • Dec 19, 2024

Caught on Camera: 3 college roommates chase down porch pirate

  • Oct 29, 2024
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

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

Video: Porch pirates fight to steal package outside PA home

  • Jun 22, 2024

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

  • Apr 4, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: SF break-in suspect seen in bait car video arrested

  • Jan 6, 2024

Latest Videos

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EXCLUSIVE: SF break-in suspect seen in bait car video arrested

  • Jan 6, 2024
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Bait cars and glitter bombs. Former NASA engineer enlists I-Team's help to investigate SF break-ins

  • Dec 14, 2023
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Meet the Bay Area man known for porch pirate glitter bomb videos

  • Dec 21, 2022
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Meet the Bay Area man known for porch pirate glitter bomb videos

  • Dec 21, 2022
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Newsom in LA after 'porch pirates' target cargo trains in effort to steal packages

  • Jan 21, 2022

Latest Stories

Bait cars and glitter bombs. Former NASA engineer enlists I-Team's help to investigate SF break-ins

Popular YouTube star, Mark Rober, just released a new video pranking those who break into cars in San Francisco. This year, he enlisted ABC7 I-Team reporter Dan Noyes's help for an in-depth investigation into these crimes in the city.

  • Dec 14, 2023

Meet the engineer known for revenge glitter bombs left for porch pirates and car break-in thieves

You've probably seen his videos and cheered as porch pirates were covered in glitter or doused in stinky spray. Now, hear from the Bay Area engineer behind those viral clips and learn about the promising trend he's seeing.

  • Dec 21, 2022

Newsom in LA after 'porch pirates' target cargo trains in effort to steal packages

"Porch pirate" thieves are stealing packages before they even get to your porch, by targeting cargo trains, officials say.

  • Jan 22, 2022

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: East Bay homeowner surprises alleged package thieves with feces as decoy

"You can see them opening up the bag, dumping it to their hand and kind of wondering what they thought was in the bag didn't quite smell right."

  • Dec 26, 2020

Women dressed as nurses are stealing packages off porches, Washington state police say

Authorities in Washington state are looking for two women who have been seen on camera stealing packages off people's porches while dressed as health care workers.

  • May 4, 2020