{"id":90141,"date":"2025-12-20T03:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90141\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T03:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:59:07","slug":"holiday-season-theft-caught-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90141\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLIDAY SEASON THEFT CAUGHT ON CAMERA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/wqls58zgz3g08huptn1xxvd4lumcbssn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Porch Thief.jpg\" alt=\"Porch Thief.jpg\" style=\"margin:5px;width:349px;height:205px;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A busy delivery season took a frustrating turn when packages were stolen from outside an apartment in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Around 9 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30, video shows the thief arriving at an apartment in the 4300 block of Bougainvillea Drive in a gray SUV. The subject exits the vehicle, approaches the apartment and steals multiple packages. He then runs back to his vehicle before driving away.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are releasing the video in hopes someone recognizes the thief or the vehicle involved and can help prevent similar crimes.\u00a0The subject is seen wearing a black shirt with a logo, blue or gray pants\u00a0and has tattoos on each arm.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies encourage residents to take extra steps to keep deliveries safe this holiday season:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tIf you can, bring packages inside as soon as they arrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tTrack deliveries so nothing sits unattended.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tAsk a neighbor or friend to grab packages if you\u2019re away.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tUse doorbell or security cameras to deter thieves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tChoose delivery dates when someone will be home.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on the subject&#8217;s identity should contact BSO Lauderdale-By-The-Sea District Detective Ben Koos at 954-640-4234 or submit a tip through the SaferWatch App. If you wish to remain anonymous, please contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477), online at browardcrimestoppers.org, or dial **TIPS (8477) from any cellphone in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-left\">&#13;<br \/>\n            THIS REPORT BY:<br \/>Miranda Grossman\/PIO<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200b A busy delivery season took a frustrating turn when packages were stolen from outside an apartment in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-90141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90141","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=90141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}