Thieves swiping packages from Salem stoops

MARY. MARY: BEN AND EMILY, THE VIDEO POLICE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING WAS SO GOOD, SO CLEAR, THAT THE SUSPECTS TURNED THEMSLEVES IN JUST HOURS LATER. AND WE WERE HERE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WHEN THEY DID. >> CAN I TALK TO YOU? I AM A MARY FROM CHANNEL 5. I WANTED TO ASK WHY YOU TURNED YOURSELVES IN TODAY — TURNED YOURSELF IN TODAY. NO COMMENT TODAY FROM THE MAN ON YOUR LEFT, WHO POLICE SAY HAS ADMITTED THAT THIS IS HIM, STEALING A PACKAGE FROM A RANDOM PORCH ON CABOT STREET. POLICE SAY THE IT APPEARS THE SAME MAN CAN BE SEEN ON A RING CAMERA, LIFTING ANOTHER PACKAGE YESTERDAY FROM A PORCH IN THE SALEM WILLOWS SECTION OF THE CITY. JUST HOURS AFTER POLICE POSTED THE VIDEO ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, THE 20-YEAR-OLD SALEM RESIDENT SHOWED UP AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH HIS FRIEND, WHO POLICE BELIEVE WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THAT SILVER GETAWAY CAR. POLICE QUICKLY CONFISCATED THE JEEP LIBERTY AS EVIDENCE. DID IT SURPRISE YOU THAT HE TURNED HIMSELF IN? >> IT DID A LITTLE BIT, YES. IT WAS PRETTY QUICK. WE DIDN’T PUT IT ON FACEBOOK UNTIL, I THINK, THIS MORNING. I THINK THE WORD GOT OUT TO HIM AND LIKE I SAID, HE IS LOCAL, SO HE SAW IT. MARY IT’S THE KIND OF CRIME : WE’RE USED TO SEEING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, BUT AUTHORITIES SAY PORCH PIRATES ARE NOW A YEAR-ROUND THING, SINCE MOST PEOPLE REGULARLY SHOP ONLINE. AND YOU HAVE TO MONITOR DELIVERIES TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> BEING ABLE TO TRACK IT A LOT OF THE COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON WILL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS, WHEN IT IS GOING TO ARRIVE, AND HAVING POSSIBLY SOMEONE THERE, NEIGHBOR, TO PICK UP THE PACKAGE WHEN IT COMES. MARY:

On camera: Thieves swiping packages from Salem stoops

Updated: 6:14 PM EST Mar 5, 2020

VIDEO: Police say thieves who stole several packages from doorsteps in Salem have turned themselves in.

VIDEO: Police say thieves who stole several packages from doorsteps in Salem have turned themselves in.