Porch pirates just thieves by another name – Boston Herald

In a wish-this-happened-more-often occurrence, a 46-year-old man was arrested after allegedly stealing packages in a Malden neighborhood this week. A security camera caught a photo of the alleged purloiner, complete with takeout food container, standing on a front porch not his own.

The term used for this is porch pirate, and YouTube is full of videos of them being caught in the act, or more often, getting away with the goods.

But porch pirate is a far too benign, even folksy label for what are essentially run-of-the-mill thieves. Actually, not so run-of-the-mill as the thefts often take place in broad daylight. Some even follow Amazon drivers around, waiting for them to drop off packages and then swoop in.

According to a survey by XFinity Home, Comcasts home security service, 30% of customers have had packages stolen.

The term porch pirate is too nice for people who are stalking drivers and deliveries, and grabbing someone elses Christmas presents, or medical supplies, or whatever they needed that they ordered online.

Package punks has a good ring to it.

And to the witness who called police after seeing a man steal a package from a Malden porch, which led to the mans arrest a Good Neighbor shoutout. Thats what we need more of.

Not parcel parasites.

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Porch pirates just thieves by another name - Boston Herald