Suspected thief leaves 'Thank You' note after taking package from front porch

PORTLAND, Ore. — A package theft, nearly caught on camera, has Portland police looking for the woman who might be responsible.

It happened just after noon on Monday, March 27. Homeowner Mair Blatt was at lunch when she received a notification on her phone. Blatt uses a Ring Video Doorbell, which can capture video and sound of people walking up to a front porch. The camera on the doorbell is motion-activated and will send a live video feed to the homeowner's phone. Blatt admits she didn't look at her notification carefully.

"My phone got a ping and I actually looked at the phone when it pinged and saw the image of this person coming up my stairs and I thought it was my neighbor."

Blatt dismissed the notification but the camera kept rolling long enough to show the woman get closer to the door and then take out a notebook as if to write something. When Blatt returned home, she found a note on her porch that read, "Hey! Thank you for the package!"

Blatt then learned UPS had delivered a package to her doorstep an hour earlier. That package was nowhere to be found. Blatt's video doorbell camera stopped recording when she dismissed the notification, so the footage doesn't run long enough to prove the woman actually took the package. Blatt, however, is confident that's what happened. The empty box was found around the corner and in some bushes.

"The boldness of this gal to just walk through, broad daylight, right at noon and just come up and comfortably take someone's box, thank them for it, rip it open and then litter in my neighborhood," remarked Blatt.

Blatt says the only thing in the package was a $17 bottle of hair oil. She's hoping someone will recognize the woman and call Portland police. Police confirm they are investigating and they believe the woman caught on camera is the prime suspect in the theft.