Like a thief within the night time, an Amazon driver dropped off a package deal at a California house however didn’t depart empty handed, in line with one livid feline proprietor.
Diane Huff-Medina claims the motive force stole her cat, Piper, after making a supply to her Lakewood house in California final week.
The incident, captured on digital camera, reveals the alleged porch pirate carrying an Amazon vest dropping off a package deal, however moments later the motive force is seen to seize the cat by the scruff of its neck.
“I needed to rewatch it a few occasions as a result of it’s laborious to see, it’s darkish, and he doesn’t carry her very properly,” Huff-Medina informed ABC7. “I see her little tail and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ I couldn’t imagine what I used to be seeing.”
Huff-Medina informed the outlet that Amazon has recognized the worker, however hasn’t been capable of attain him. She additionally reached out to the Lakewood Sheriff’s Division, however was informed it might be weeks earlier than somebody can take her case.
The Put up reached out to Amazon, the sheriff’s division and Huff-Medina for remark however didn’t hear again.
This isn’t the primary time an Amazon supply driver has been accused of thievery — again in March, a driver stole a package deal he delivered simply 30 seconds after dropping it off at a Florida house.
The “Porch Pirates Act” launched in Congress earlier this month appears to be like to implement the identical penalties for thieves who steal containers delivered from the US Postal Service and dropped of by personal corporations, together with elevated jail time.
