Grinches caught on tape stealing Christmas gifts from South Austin porches

by by HEATHER KOVAR / KVUE News and photojournalist DEREK RASOR

kvue.com

Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Updated Monday, Dec 24 at 11:24 AM

AUSTIN-- A couple of Christmas grinches have been recorded by surveillance cameras stealing packages from front porches in Southwest Austin.

Jason Wicker, who owns a home on Journeyville Drive near William Cannon and Southwest Parkway, said Friday he was alerted that four boxes had been delivered. When he got home and found only one, he checked his security tape.

Wicker found a woman taking newly-delivered packages that were supposed to be Christmas gifts. What she dropped, a man also wearing a green shirt, came and grabbed.

Looking at the video, Wicker points out, "You can see her right there with a clip board."

He said, she "looks in my house, looks in the window, sees nobody there she's in such a hurry she actually drops one of these packages when she is running."

Luckily, Wicker installed a securitysystem three weeks ago, which allows him to control the temperature and alarm with his cell phone. It also came with cameras, just in time to catch the Christmas crime.

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