To say this was a brazen theft could be an understatement.
As a supply employee was leaving a field on the entrance steps of a Lengthy Island residence, a thief got here working up from the sidewalk and swiped the package deal earlier than working off in the course of the day, with the UPS employee and household chasing after him.
“It’s just unbelievable. I didn’t think that would ever happen,” stated Erica Bernhard, who stood on the entrance porch of her Massapequa Park residence on Monday — the identical spot the place the daring act went down.
“You do it when no one’s around or I thought he’d be watching that no one’s home. I just never imagined something like this,” stated Bernhard.
Her father and the UPS supply employee had been simply toes away from the field when the thief struck. Efforts to chase him down failed, and the suspect took off in a white sedan.
And whereas it looks like a stunning random act finished within the second, might have began earlier in November. Bernhard stated somebody hacked her division retailer credit score account nd began ordering costly objects. Every time a package deal was delivered, Bernhard stated the thief would have it faraway from her porch.
“He said ‘Yeah, I have a package from Bloomingdale’s. Someone is picking it up…So I look at it and see all my information. My name, address,” stated Bernhard.
The package deal see on video getting swiped was the final scheduled supply. Bernhard stated she anticipated it could be taken, however had hoped surveillance would establish the thief.
Issues went from unhealthy to worse after the suspect began working away. As the daddy went to chase him, he tripped on a Halloween garden ornament, touchdown him face first within the grass.
“It was very comical. My poor dad just had a knee replacement. He shouldn’t be running anywhere,” Bernhard stated.
An investigation is ongoing.
