A Florida porch pirate was caught instructing a child to steal a package left outside before the youngster gleefully shouted “I got it,” and nonchalantly walked away with his new treasure.
A woman and child, whose relationship is unknown, were walking through Miami’s Silver Bluff neighborhood around 9:40 p.m. on January 29, when they came across an Amazon package that had recently been delivered to their home.
Seeing the white and blue plastic bag, with about $40 worth of clothing inside, the unidentified woman motioned for the child to take it, according to the Miami Police Department.
The child, wearing a red jumpsuit, white hat and holding a tablet, walked to the door and took the package before turning and happily running away.
“I got it,” shouted the boy as he lifted the package into the air.
“This makes me sick to see this poor child suffer,” the victim, identified as Amelia, told CBS Miami.
“I was shocked to see what happened to the children involved. It’s not so much the act of taking a package. It was a child picking up a package. I think this is an unacceptable act.”
The child, wearing a red jumpsuit, white hat and holding a tablet, walked to the door and took the package before turning and happily running away. Miami Police Department The theft happened at 9:40pm Monday night when the adult told the child to take the package. Miami Police Department
Police slammed the “heartbreaking” and evil scheme, saying it was the first time they had come across a porch pirate using a young child as an accomplice.
“I’ve never seen a crime where they did this,” Miami Police spokesman Mike Vega said, according to the outlet. “The porch pirates have finished doing this. But using a child, this is the first time I’ve seen this.
“It is heartbreaking for a child to commit this crime. Why would you have a child do this at such a young age.
Amelia was alerted to the rather odd theft when she realized the package hadn’t arrived, which led her to check her Ring camera and see the pint-sized thief in action.
“I was shocked to see what happened to the children involved. It’s not so much the act of taking a package. It was a child picking up a package. I think this is an unacceptable act,” he added.
The victim said she plans to file a police report, which law enforcement is encouraging so they can “do a more effective job of finding criminals.”
“She really should be ashamed,” Amelia told Local 10. “I don’t think she deserves to be a mother if she put her child through this.”
A neighbor had reportedly seen the child with a woman recently in the area, leading Amelia to believe they lived in the area, but police did not say where the woman lived, according to WFOR-TV.
Amelia was alerted to the rather odd theft when she realized the package hadn’t arrived, which led her to check her Ring camera and see the pint-sized thief in action. Police from the Miami Police Department have asked for help identifying the adults, as they will be charged with the crime. Miami Police Department
The police department released a video to social media asking for help identifying the adults in the video.
“We don’t know if the kid knows what he’s doing,” MPD Capt. Freddy Cruz said. “We’re not sure who these adults are, if they’re parents or guardians, but regardless adults should know better.”
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