King’s Crossing sees rise in porch pirates [Video]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Social media has been heating up in one Corpus Christi neighborhood with claims of mail boxes being broken into along with car break-in’s and those porch pirates stealing packages from in front of people’s homes.

3NEWS was in the King’s Crossing neighborhood for a good part of the day to report on this issue and find out what police recommend you can do to fight back.

“I’ve seen posts on the Facebook group. We haven’t had it happen to us but I know it’s going around and I’m aware of it, for the porch pirates and the mailboxes getting busted open,” said resident, Morgan Garner.

Morgan Garner and her husband Juran were out for an early morning walk in the neighborhood. They were being led around by their basset hound, Spot and Dasher the weenie dog. …