That's great. I never knew people actually went around stealing peoples packages, but I guess... of course they would~!

This turned out the best way I think. Perpetrators caught; no one hurt in the exchange.

You know who does this a lot? The people who post flyers on your door.

would have been better if he took the guys car while he was grabbing the package...

Or start ordering explosive dye packs...

I've heard of package thieves before. We've had security videos on the sift of thieves. What I don't get is who leaves packages at your door, particularly if you're home like this couple was. Is this an American thing? When I'm not home for a package delivery whether it's Canada Post, UPS, or Purolator I get a notice of attempted delivery and an address to go to to pick it up myself.

I think in the US, some neighborhoods are considered "safe", and others not. It's probably driven by statistics and reports of lost/stolen packages by customers.
As for being home and the package still being at the door, some packages don't require a signature of receipt or person-to-person delivery, it could have been outgoing mail, or they were in the back when the postman rang. The most likely reason is that most delivery people are too lazy/busy/overworked that they will just assume you're not home because (statistically) most people aren't during the day, they'll dutifully ring the doorbell, drop the package, and hoof it back to their vehicle to get to the next address as fast as possible.

Not entirely their fault. I've seen those poor dudes out running around on duty at 9pm at night now.

Looks like he grabbed some ladies stolen purse....

I was expecting the exploding dye pack or something...way cuter.

Even here in Canada both UPS and Purolator have "No signature needed" levels of service where it just gets left at your door.

If you look at your next Purolator "sorry we missed you" stickynote, you'll see where to pick it up, whether they'll try again, and if you like, they'll just leave it if you call them up.

I've personally run off someone trying to grab a package off my neighbour's doorstep. Turns out it was a laptop sent to my neighbour fraudulently. Fraudulently in that the guy trying to grab it used someone elses's credit card to buy it, had it shipped to my neighbour's address, then waited around for the courier. It just so happened I was coming home at exactly that time.