By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-05 18:12:22 | Updated at 2024-12-22 22:49:18
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A shameless UPS worker was caught on camera stealing an expensive gift instead of delivering to a California home.
The unidentified worker was seen on Eliu Abraham Chavez's surveillance camera outside his Los Angeles home glancing over his shoulders as he hesitated near the front gate, according to video footage obtained by ABC 7.
The footage showed the suspect walking behind a row of bushes before emerging near a neighbor's trashcan, where he appeared to open the package containing an Apple Watch.
The camera then captured him pocketing the pricey item and discarding the packaging in the bin before scurrying off.
Chavez had received a notification that his package had arrived, but it wasn't until he looked at his security footage that he discovered why it was missing.
He checked his neighbor's trashcan and found the empty package inside.
'I got frustrated. I got really upset to see what he had done,' Chavez told ABC 7.
'If it happened to me, maybe it happened to a lot more people. He may be stealing from other people around the area.'
The unidentified worker was seen on Eliu Abraham Chavez's surveillance cameras outside his Los Angeles home glancing over his shoulders as he hesitated near the front gate
The suspect then walks past the shrub to the neighbor's trashcan, where he can be seen discarding the white bubble mailer in the garbage and sneaking off with an Apple Watch
UPS told ABC 7 that employee has since been terminated and said the incident does not reflect the values of the company.
Apple Watches run between $250 to $900, according to the company's website.
Chavez isn't entirely out of luck though, as the store he bought the product from will be replacing the item he bought for his wife.
This time, he opted to pick it up at the store.
Property crimes were down 12.2 percent in the City of Angels in November, compared to the month prior.
Person crimes are also down in Los Angeles by 8.5 percent, according to the LAPD.
Crime has been a huge topic for Californians, who rejected the state's soft-on-crime policies with an Election Day reckoning.
Accounts from various residents illustrate how voters in the Golden State finally pushed back on its progressive policies.
Chavez had received a notification that his package had arrived, but it wasn't until he looked at his security footage that he discovered why it was missing. 'I got really upset to see what he had done,' he said
Apple Watches run between $250 to $900. Chavez isn't entirely out of luck though, as the store he bought the product from will be replacing the item he bought for his wife.
They admitted that Proposition 47 - which reduced five non-violent, low-level crimes from potential felonies to misdemeanors - was a failed experiment.
Voters overwhelmingly rolled back portions of the 2014 law earlier this year - with all 58 California counties, in a rare occurrence, agreeing.
That stands in stark contrast to a decade ago, when 58 percent of voters across the state elected to pass Proposition 47.
Thought by many to be soft on crime, the bill was championed by progressives like LA County District Attorney George Gascón and San Francisco Mayor London Breed - both of whom were recently voted out of office.
The law had been centered around crimes like shoplifting and personal use of illegal drugs, and was further touted by California Governor Gavin Newsom. He fought desperately to keep a law off the ballot, to no avail.
