Sheriff: Two Arrested for Stealing Packages from Front Doors

The holiday season is off to a rocky start for some people over in Rankin County.

Two would-be thieves are accused of stealing packages straight from the front porches of homes.

It happened on the Tuesday in the Patrick Farms neighborhood in Pearl.

A FedEx driver called authorities after he spotted a vehicle following his truck from house to house.

Pearl police arrested 25-year-old Jimmy Lee Davis Jr. and a femalejuvenile, but it didn't end there.

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey tells WJTV, stolen goods from a house burglary were also found in the suspects' vehicle.

The case was then turned over to the sheriff's office because the stolen goods were from a house burglary in the county.

"A pretty lowdown dirty way to steal from somebody," says Sheriff Bailey.

It sounds like a modern day Grinch, following trucks that deliver mail only to pluck the packages from a person's front porch.

"From looking from a criminal standpoint it's a pretty smart thing you could get all kinds of stuff I guess if you just follow the FedEx truck," says Sheriff Bailey.

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Sheriff: Two Arrested for Stealing Packages from Front Doors