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15-year-old 'serial porch pirate' arrested in Phoenix, police say

According to police, on Nov. 17, Nov. 29, Dec. 4 and Dec. 10 the boy took several packages from four different homes near South Mountain.

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department arrested a 15-year-old boy who they say was a "serial porch pirate" responsible for several package thefts in a south Phoenix neighborhood.

According to police, on Nov. 17, Nov. 29, Dec. 4 and Dec. 10 the boy took packages from four different homes near South Mountain.

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Police used information from the victims, surveillance video and the vehicle being used during the thefts to find and arrest the boy.

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The boy, police say, was arrested on Dec. 10.

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