BELLEVILLE, IL. (First Alert 4) -The theft of packages from a front porch is a crime that’s all-too-often. But when porch pirates were caught on video stealing packages from a porch in Belleville recently, the victims were startled by what they saw.

“I was surprised at how young the kids were,” said Gracie Colunga.

Colunga estimated that the thieves were in 6th or 7th grade. The packages contained kitchen supplies and sports equipment and were stolen on September 26th.

A video recorded by a surveillance camera before the theft shows three children gathered across the street as if they were planning the theft. The two who carried out the theft kept their heads down in an apparent attempt to not be identifiable on video.

“I thought it was just like a dare or a prank, and they might retur

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