Like a thief within the evening, an Amazon driver dropped off a bundle at a California dwelling however didn’t go away empty handed, in accordance with one livid feline proprietor.
Diane Huff-Medina claims the motive force stole her cat, Piper, after making a supply to her Lakewood dwelling in California final week.
The incident, captured on digital camera, exhibits the alleged porch pirate sporting an Amazon vest dropping off a bundle, 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 exhausting to see, it’s darkish, and he doesn’t carry her very properly,” Huff-Medina instructed ABC7. “I see her little tail and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ I couldn’t consider what I used to be seeing.”
Huff-Medina instructed 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 instructed it may very well be weeks earlier than somebody can take her case.
The Publish 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 bundle he delivered simply 30 seconds after dropping it off at a Florida dwelling.
The “Porch Pirates Act” launched in Congress earlier this month seems 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.
