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Package theft by "porch pirates" is a growing problem, especially during the holiday season.

Residents can protect deliveries by using security cameras, lock boxes, or having packages sent to a secure location.

Shoppers should also be mindful of how they dispose of boxes for expensive items to avoid advertising new valuables.

Your phone buzzes and you glance at an incoming alert: The mailman just delivered a much-awaited package — a gift for a loved one — depositing it, unguarded, on your front porch.

But by the time you arrive home from work, the package has vanished. You scour the porch in the hopes it's just tucked away out of sight, but the box is nowhere to be found.

As online shopping has become the default means by which many Americans obtain big-ticket ite

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