FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A Lee County homeowner says what started as a routine Amazon delivery has turned into an active sheriff\u2019s office investigation after her Ring camera appeared to capture a package being taken moments after it was marked as delivered.<\/p>\n
Jessica Stachurski says she was expecting a box of school supplies she planned to donate through the nonprofit Better Together when she received a notification from Amazon that the package had arrived.<\/p>\n
The delivery photo showed the box sitting on her front porch, but when she went outside to retrieve it, she says it was gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI checked my cameras and saw an Amazon delivery person bring it up, drop it on the porch, take a picture of it,\u201d Stachurski said. \u201cShe got out her little handheld device, marked it as delivered, picked up the box and left with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stachurski shared Ring camera footage with WINK News that appears to show a delivery driver placing a package on the porch, taking a proof-of-delivery photo and from another camera angle, picking up the same box and walking away.<\/p>\n
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According to a Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office incident report, Stachurski told deputies the package contained $44.91 worth of school supplies. Deputies are investigating the case as a reported grand theft. Stachurski says she contacted Amazon several times after noticing the package was missing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve not reached out. They didn\u2019t ask for the videos,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not even sure it\u2019s making it to the right people at Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n
She says Amazon has since issued a refund, but she still wants answers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there anything in place to control who they\u2019re sending out to your house and what they\u2019re doing about it when something like this happens?\u201d Stachurski said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem to be anything right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neighbors say they\u2019re surprised by what they saw in the video.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody has Ring cameras nowadays,\u201d neighbor Jere Marvin said. \u201cYou\u2019re gonna get caught.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed Stachurski filed a report and says the case is being investigated by the 5th Precinct Patrol. Deputies encourage anyone who believes a delivery driver stole a package to report it to law enforcement, verify the delivery status with the carrier, preserve any original surveillance video and provide investigators with tracking information and other evidence.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office also recommends residents retrieve packages promptly, use secure delivery locations when possible and avoid confronting anyone they suspect of stealing a package.<\/p>\n
Amazon told WINK News it is looking into the incident. The Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office investigation remains active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A Lee County homeowner says what started as a routine Amazon delivery has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,897,356,2094],"class_list":["post-347916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-fort-myers","tag-lee-county","tag-lee-county-sheriffs-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}