The holiday shopping season equals porch pirate stealing season.

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Let’s face it, online shopping means more porch pirates. Criminals who steal from your porch when you’re not home.

Home security company Safe Wise estimates 250,000 packages are stolen nationwide every day.
Roughly 15 million bucks lost.

The Christmas season is a busy time for porch pirates. A George woman’s ring cam caught a porch pirate literally waving at her camera before stealing her stuff.

Lawmakers are finally fed up enough to propose making it a federal crime with up to 10 years in prison.

Until then security experts say the more light you leave on the better. Some porch pirates have been brazen enough to steal in broad daylight.

Alabama ranks number one in porch pirate thefts in the entire country.

So, get a porch camera and leave a light on

Merry Christmas! Unless you’re a porch pirate.

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