There’s a certain threshold of pain one must be willing to endure when living in Philadelphia — including whichever flavors of crime and neglect characterize your particular neighborhood, which may or may not bother you. Some people just shrug and say: “ It’s a Philly thing .”

The question a reporter must pose is: At what point does an issue become more than a nuisance and something worth investigating? For this reporter, it was when my neighbor Jenny recounted a recent argument with a package thief who wears a fake Amazon vest, walks through Northern Liberties like he does most days, dragging a stolen trash can to collect packages like a reverse Santa Claus. This vignette comes just days after what seems to be the same man stole a package of mine, caught on a Ring camera , with two m

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