MUKILTEO, Wash. - When his delivery from Amazon did not show up right away last week, Chris Wright assumed the East Coast weather was to blame.
But after FedEx told him the package had been delivered, Wright decided to check his security cameras. The video showed FedEx delivering his package around 1 p.m. Thursday, and another car driving by to pick it up about three hours later.
"Pretty infuriating," Wright said. "It's a very petty crime. And it's pretty stupid to do it in a day where you can get security equipment for really cheap."
Wright bought the two security cameras about a year ago after someone broke into his car. They are hanging right over his garage door, just outside of his entryway.
"The cameras aren't exactly hidden," he said. "They're pretty obvious to anyone that takes more than five seconds to look around."
The video shows a white vehicle, which Wright believes to be a 1999 Hyundai Sonata, pulling up to his home. One man gets out of the back seat, walks over to the door, picks up the package and walks back to the car. The car then backs up into Wright's driveway before pulling away, although it is still difficult to make out the license plate.
It appears at least two other people are in the suspect's car. Wright turned over a copy of the video to Mukilteo Police.
Wright collects and restores pinball machines, and the package contained equipment to polish pinball machine parts. Amazon immediately sent him a new polisher at no extra cost.
From here on out, Wright plans to either have packages delivered to his work or a relative's house, or use signature confirmation.
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