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 Christmas is near and families wait for the last-minute packages to arrive. Police all over the country are cautioning communities. They say this is the time of the year, thieves like to steal deliveries right off your doorstep, and you may be surprised when you see who is accused of doing it. NBC's Janet Shamlian has the story.

The videos are all over the Internet. Delivery people dropping off packages, and a moment's later, someone walks up and takes the box right off the front doorstep. Sometimes, the thieves are caught on the home surveillance cameras. The latest example near Huston:

Al Everson says his home security system shows that a Fedex delivery man leaving a new iPad mini on his doorstep Wednesday. “Later

that same day,”

he says,

“a UPS delivery person shows up and also leaves a package and walks away. But that's not the end of it.” Elvison says the security video shows the UPS driver came back, picked up the box with the iPad and walked away a second time. Everson posted the video on Youtube, and the next day a deputy and an investigator¹ from UPS were at his home. The iPad was returned and the UPS says the employee was fired. Everson did not press charges. 

Police all over the country say package thieves are on the prowl this time of year. 

“I ordered this package online and after about a week and a half, the package just never showed up.”

Kim Westerback says she had more than 400 dollars with the clothing stolen that she ordered online. She says it was delivered but then it disappeared. And she says all of it was captured on the security camera mounted by her front-door. “I mean the guy really has guts² to get out of his car on my street, come on to my property, and take something that belongs to me in broad daylight. ”

Westerback filed the police report, then posted the video online. So far no suspects. “It was as if there were a Christmas shopping at my house.”

Across the country during the holidays, some one billion packages will be delivered. The US Postal³ Service had about 2000 reported mail thefts last year. As for Fedex, it says it has an outstanding reliability⁴ record and it's up to long enforcement to investigate thefts. UPS says package theft is extremely rare, so low the company says it doesn't keep statistics. But videos posted online seemed to show it still happens. To avoid theft, many delivery companies offer signature or delivery confirmation⁵ services for an additional fee. For Kim Westerback, it's a lesson learned. “I just didn't think somebody would steal a package with clothes in it.”

Delivered but not received, as some holiday gifts go missing. For Today, Janet Shamlian, NBC News, Huston.

1 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

2 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

4 reliability   

n.可靠性，确实性

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。

5 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。