Abington Police warning of package thefts in town neighborhoods

ABINGTON M.A. — Police in Abington are investigating an all too familiar crime this time of year: people stealing presents from peoples' front steps. They said it’s been happening to homes on Oak Street and Vineyard Road.

Those suspects appear to have been caught in the act.

Abington Police said that, as people were coming home from work Tuesday evening, they noticed their packages weren’t at their front door. Victims showed up to the Abington Police Department one by one.

With the holiday lights shining so bright, it gets us in the season of giving. With that being said, Abington Police are warning residents of package thefts.

“This is a crime of opportunity,” said Dept. Chief Christopher Cutter of Abington Police. “Packages are out there. People are driving around looking for packages.”

At least a half dozen people fell victim. The thefts are happening during the day.

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“The packages are out there and they’re preying upon the fact these packages are sitting on the front step,” Cutter said. “They are just cruising neighborhoods. There is no reason, they are just looking for packages. They aren’t getting out of the car until they see a package.”

A quick-thinking neighbor jotted down the license plate number to one car, a blue Infiniti. Boston 25 news got access to the car shortly after it was towed away by police.

“We had a report of a blue-type Infiniti dumping boxes in the woods,” Cutter said.

That neighbor is hoping the suspects get caught immediately.

“Earn money the legit way, don’t take stuff from people they bought with their own way,” he said.

Police are warning people to set up their deliveries either to their jobs, to a neighbor or pick it up from a facility.

The search for the two suspects continues.