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2 arrested, accused of Dayton porch package thefts

DAYTON — UPDATE @ 5:30 p.m.:

One of two suspects arrested at 2500 John Glenn Road in Dayton is in the Montgomery County Jail.

Lawrence J. Pulaski, 55, was arrested at 2:50 p.m. and booked into jail on suspicion of five misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property. He is schedule to appear Monday in Dayton Municipal Court.

UPDATE @ 3:54 p.m.:

Police said they’ve arrested two people they believe are involved in a series of package thefts from porches in East Dayton Thursday.

The suspect’s identities were not released, however officers tracked the men down after a person reported a suspicious vehicle in their neighborhood.

The two men were arrested on John Glenn Road in Dayton and police said they found packages in their vehicle.

INITIAL REPORT

A bearded man in a red hooded sweatshirt is stealing packages off of porches in Dayton.

The man struck around 5:10 p.m. Dec. 14 in the 1600 block of Rosemont Boulevard.

Minutes later around 5:24 p.m. he reportedly hit a second house around in the 3500 block of Cleveland Avenue. Both homes are within blocks of each other.

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In both cases the victims were alerted via phone applications to activity on their porches — backed up by video of the acts, according to police reports.

At the first house the caper got away with three packages — containing a pair of Giani Bernini boots, Christmas ornament and a Nike gym bag — valued at about $100.

The 27-year-old woman whose packages were stolen on Rosemont told police she received a phone notification of activity on her front porch. She reviewed video that showed a man take three packages off her porch and get into the passenger side of a red convertible, according to the report.

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The suspect in both cases is described as a white male with a beard, wearing a gray zip jacket, red hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. He was riding in a red, two-door convertible.

At the second home, the suspect stole a package containing only batteries.

The 29-year-old male victim said he uses the phone app Ring Door Bells.

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