Kicker - Package thief

NICK EICHER, HOST: If you’ve ever had a package stolen from your doorstep, you know how upsetting that can be.

Kristin Levine knows that feeling. She was the victim of a porch pirate last week at her home in Connecticut.

Levine said she got a notification on her phone from her front door security camera when Amazon delivered a package.

Then, only five minutes later, she received another alert—and this time, her package was gone.

Video showed the thief brazenly snatching the package—making no attempt to hide his face from the camera and then casually walking away.

Reviewing the footage, she got a good look at the suspect. He stood about 3 feet tall and was covered with black fur.

The good news is, she found her package in a neighbor’s yard. Apparently the black bear had no interest in the contents of the box—a package of toilet paper.

REICHARD: I guess it wasn’t the Charmin bear.

EICHER: Guess not!

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