Crime & Safety

Stolen Packages Returned To Pleasanton Residents

Dozens of packages swiped by a porch pirate have been recovered after a Pleasanton Police Department investigation.

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Officer Archie Chu returns a stolen package. (Pleasanton Police Department)
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Dozens of stolen packages were found and items were returned to local residents. (Pleasanton Police Department)
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Dozens of stolen packages were found and items were returned to local residents. (Pleasanton Police Department)

PLEASANTON, CA — Pleasanton residents have received items previously stolen from their doorsteps after police hunted down an alleged porch pirate.

Dozens of packages were stolen, recovered and returned after Pleasanton Police Department Archie Chu investigated a resident's reports of multiple missing packages, the department announced in a Facebook post.. Chu found those packages, plus more taken from other residents.

Stolen items included a lighted mirror, laundry detergent, an inflatable bed, toys, a Los Angeles Dodgers merch and more.

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The department warns that people should pick up packages as soon as they're delivered.


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