Package Thieves in Texas Could Face Felony Charges

A Texas state representative wants to increase the punishment for stealing front porch packages. “Every single week, somebody posts video, crisp, clear video of the person, the car they drive and then their frustration that it’s not being investigated. It’s not being prosecuted, nobody is really going after them,“ said Houston Rep. Gene Wu Emily Simons says she was living in Midtown when someone stole her delivery. “I ordered an Amazon package, it was just about $30 and I had it on my porch for probably about four hours while I was at work, and they stole it.“ We’ve all seen the doorbell video or home surveillance images, but still, Wu says the criminals are not caught often enough and when they are, they are they’re given a slap on the wrist. Unlike the federal law, which protects against tampering with U.S. Postal Service mail, there is little protection against stealing a delivery from a commercial carrier like Fed-Ex, UPS or Amazon.