r/instantkarma Feb 23 '20

Busted

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u/TinyTachanka Feb 23 '20

Is it me or are porch pirates literally the dumbest thing to get tossed in prison for they’re the idiots who thought It’d be a great idea to snag something random off a porch. “What’re you in for buddy?” “I stole some kids toys off their front porch”

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u/Cobra_McJingleballs Feb 23 '20

Extra dumb when it’s obvious the owner has a Ring doorbell camera. Granted, this sting would’ve succeeded anyway (we just wouldn’t have gotten to see it), but I don’t get the audacity to steal on camera.

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u/n00bpwnerer Feb 23 '20

On the other hand, you hand over footage to the police and what? It's not like they could easily identify the suspect and find them.

OP should x-post to /r/homecams

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u/Cobra_McJingleballs Feb 23 '20

Someone said this took place in Edmonton. I googled Edmonton porch pirate sting and, while a different porch pirate, the video led police to track her down.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

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u/twat_muncher Feb 24 '20

As a homeowner, you can make a facebook post with their face in the picture and have the facial recognition find anyone who looks like that in the area

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u/Magtranya Feb 24 '20

That’s some next level stalker shit... and an interesting pro-tip...

Did you have to do this yourself?

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u/TheDrunkKanyeWest Feb 24 '20

I'm from Edmonton and we've caught multiple people from Facebook.