What an Adorable Stash
San Franicsco police recently busted some suspected package thieves who used a baby stroller as their decoy. According to police reports, someone called the cops on Saturday afternoon to say that packages were being pilfered from porches in the Balboa Park neighborhood; police combed the area looking for the crooks, but found nobody. But they knew that criminals often use a staircase between Mission Street and Alemany Boulevard as an escape route. So they headed there — and that's where they found a man and a woman and their "baby." But inside the baby carriage was a cache of stolen packages lifted from porches in the neighborhood. Oh, and "five boxes of ammunition, two key rings with shaved keys used for stealing vehicles, a toy handgun, a GPS navigation device, and miscellaneous clothing." The second suspect was busted with a backpack containing 40 grams of meth, and some gift cards. So yeah, we guess you now have to be leery of stroller-pushing parents. What you think is a pile of cuteness might just be a pile of stolen goods.
The Warm Glow of Giving
That brand new iProduct you ordered might not make it to its final destination after a heap of mail burned when a big rig carrying parcels caught fire in San Francisco on Sunday. CBS News reports that a "substantial amount" of mail was damaged, if not totally ruined, after the truck, bound for Los Angeles, caught fire as it was traveling along Interstate 238. Crews worked for hours trying to remove all the mail and salvage burned packages, but USPS spokesman James Wigdel says it's hard to say how many holiday cards are now holiday ash. Authorities still don't know how the fire started, but vowed to follow up with the public once the agency had a better idea of whose parcels got scorched. Wigdel said USPS customers with questions about their mail should call (800) ASK-USPS. Happy Holidays.
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