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Security cam footage helps northern Ont. police arrest porch pirate

In the Amazon home-delivery era, the theft of packages from front doors has become a common occurrence. (File) In the Amazon home-delivery era, the theft of packages from front doors has become a common occurrence. (File)
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In the Amazon home-delivery era, the theft of packages from front doors has become a common occurrence.

Also common are home security cameras that capture the thefts. In Cochrane this week, footage from a security cam led to the arrest of a suspected porch pirate.

Ontario Provincial Police were called Jan. 3 about the theft of a package from the front of a home on Thirteenth Avenue.

“The victim provided video surveillance to police which showed an individual approaching the home shortly after a delivery had been made,” the OPP said in a news release Friday.

As a result, a 29-year-old suspect has been arrested in the case and charged with theft under $5,000, trying to sell stolen property and failing to comply with a probation order.

The accused was released and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Feb. 27 in Cochrane.

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