Photo: Facebook / Springville Police
A couple of porch pirates operating in Springville City, Utah, are on the run after a recent spree. Police have already identified their truck but they’re not yet in custody.
The most interesting bit in this story is the way they were discovered. The identification of the vehicle was possible thanks to a drawing made by a 9-year-old girl who witnessed the incident. According to the PD’s official Facebook, several neighbors complained about their packages going missing and they found the girl who said she’d seen the suspects in action.
Police asked her to draw a picture of the car they used and she gave them a rendition that made them capable to match it to a red pickup caught by one of the surveillance cameras in the neighborhood.
“Cpl. Curtis was investigating a package theft, found a 9 year old witness and asked for a description of the suspect vehicle. Well, he asked and he got a very well drawn picture of the suspect vehicle from the 9 year old little girl,” the PD says. “The truck in the picture is occupied by a man and woman and were seen following a mail truck around.”
As you can see for yourself, the girl even remembered the size and locations of the dents in the car, and the rack in the bed. So she’s got talent and a memory to match. If this beat-up truck is personal property, it won’t be long until police track down these 2 porch raiders because, from now on, the investigation will be a matter of connecting the dots.
Following the bread crumbs trail should have also helped police in Washington catch porch pirates using rented LimePods to steal packages, after a recent spree. Because people who want to use the car-sharing service have to have a file on Lime including driver’s license and credit card details, police should have had their work cut out for them.
Police asked her to draw a picture of the car they used and she gave them a rendition that made them capable to match it to a red pickup caught by one of the surveillance cameras in the neighborhood.
“Cpl. Curtis was investigating a package theft, found a 9 year old witness and asked for a description of the suspect vehicle. Well, he asked and he got a very well drawn picture of the suspect vehicle from the 9 year old little girl,” the PD says. “The truck in the picture is occupied by a man and woman and were seen following a mail truck around.”
As you can see for yourself, the girl even remembered the size and locations of the dents in the car, and the rack in the bed. So she’s got talent and a memory to match. If this beat-up truck is personal property, it won’t be long until police track down these 2 porch raiders because, from now on, the investigation will be a matter of connecting the dots.
Following the bread crumbs trail should have also helped police in Washington catch porch pirates using rented LimePods to steal packages, after a recent spree. Because people who want to use the car-sharing service have to have a file on Lime including driver’s license and credit card details, police should have had their work cut out for them.
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