ICYMI - "Porch Pirates" Steal Holiday Packages

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Thieves make off with nearly 2 million delivered packages per day in the U.S., prompting police to come up with creative measures to combat the epidemic. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.5	Pfff!
0:03.5	Ow!
0:05.0	With the rise of online retailers,
0:07.0	it seems like everything is getting delivered to our doorstep.
0:11.0	Last year, my cousin was pregnant,
0:12.5	and her baby showed up in an Amazon envelope.
0:15.0	Yeah, they saved on hospital bills and free shipping.
0:18.0	But if you're one of the millions of people
0:20.0	waiting for a holiday package to be delivered to you,
0:22.5	you better watch out,
0:24.0	because some assholes are coming to town.
0:26.0	Faster than they arrive,
0:28.0	packages can disappear.
0:30.0	Tonight, porch pirates are striking across the country,
0:32.5	just as a record number of deliveries are being made.
0:35.5	Captured on camera,
0:37.0	but not always caught by police,
0:39.0	the New York Times says nationwide,
0:41.0	more than 1.7 million packages are stolen
0:44.0	or go missing every day.
0:46.0	90,000 in New York City alone,
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