The criminal element let me down this holiday season. I was hoping for more porch pirate videos. In order for a porch pirate video to become good content, it requires the pirate to get smacked with instant karma when he gets his comeuppance from the homeowner or a bystander. Maybe at the latest union meeting for Thugs, Hooligans, and Nogoodniks Local 845, they agreed to stick with shoplifting department stores. You never know what home has a doorbell camera, versus security holding the door open for you as you walk out with under a thousand dollars worth of merchandise.

This guy missed the meeting.

While taking a leisurely stroll around Yonkers (shout out to Eddie Kingston), he saw a porch with boxes on it that were ripe for piracy. No one was watching as he crept up the steps and slid a box into his school bag. No one... except for the homeowner watching the incident unfold on his smartphone from an undisclosed location.

Police were notified. Thankfully this took place in Westchester County and not Chicago, where police have to ask the perp for permission to chase them before they start chasing them. The race was on. And our thug friend may have gotten away with it too...

...had he not run right past the house he stole from, and into that tackle of a good samaritan who had just hopped out of his car.

While Yonkers is near New York City, it's only a suburb. The laws that don't get enforced in NYC are expected to be followed in the NYC suburbs. Sorry, fella.

The good Samaritan was praised for his quick thinking by the Westchester Police Department.

To any future thieves planning to commit these crimes in Yonkers- pick somewhere else. Our residents, Officers, and City employees will not stand by and allow you to victimize people in this City. You will be apprehended and delivered to the court system to answer for your actions.

The suspect, Francisco Jose Eder Mateo, has been charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, and a few extra misdemeanor charges.

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