{"id":27825,"date":"2019-12-16T10:58:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27825"},"modified":"2019-12-16T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:58:56","slug":"portland-porch-pirate-gets-a-stinky-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/12\/16\/portland-porch-pirate-gets-a-stinky-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland porch pirate gets a stinky surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6f8iQJQLbhw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;I filled up a box full of dog poop&#8217;: Portland porch pirate gets a stinky surprise<\/h3>\n<p>The holidays are here and so too are thieves who&#8217;ll waste no time snatching up packages from doorsteps.<\/p>\n<p>The porch pirate problem is one Matt Coats has become familiar with since moving to Southeast Portland a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the worst part about porch piracy is just feeling so violated. To have somebody come up into your space and take something that\u2019s yours,&#8221; Coats said.<\/p>\n<p>However, this isn\u2019t your typical, caught-on-security-camera, porch-pirate story. This one includes some sweet, stinky revenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had something disappear off the porch and it was really frustrating,&#8221; Coats said. &#8220;I figured it would probably happen again. So, I filled up a box full of dog poop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, this is a story of a porch pirate, a pooch named Marlo, and poop.<\/p>\n<p>Coats was sick of thieves helping themselves to his and his neighbors&#8217; deliveries. So he hatched a plan to get them back with a bait package.<\/p>\n<p>He packed an REI box with his dog Marlo&#8217;s droppings, left it on the porch and waited for an unsuspecting porch pirate to take the bait.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought, &#8216;Well, let\u2019s see how long it takes,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>It only took three days for a porch pirate to strike and Coats caught the crook on security camera. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/i-filled-up-a-box-full-of-dog-poop-portland-porch-pirate-gets-a-stinky-surprise\/ar-AAK9DFE\">KGW News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27826\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Portland-Porch-Pirate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Portland-Porch-Pirate.jpg 412w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Portland-Porch-Pirate-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Portland-Porch-Pirate-119x89.jpg 119w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Portland-Porch-Pirate-124x90.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I filled up a box full of dog poop&#8217;: Portland porch pirate gets a stinky surprise The holidays are here and so too are thieves who&#8217;ll waste no time snatching up packages from doorsteps. The porch pirate problem is one Matt Coats has become familiar with since moving to Southeast Portland a few years ago. 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