Up to 138 packages stolen from apartment building’s mail room
Boston police are investigating after receiving a report that up to 138 packages from various delivery services were stolen from an apartment building. The lead concierge for the building at 75 St. Alphonsus St. in Roxbury met officers at the building after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a police report. She said that tenants were informed the day before of an issue with the mail system that would prevent the retrieval of packages, but several residents told her they could reach the packages area through an unlocked door, only to find the space empty.According to the report, the concierge informed her manager and then called the police.Surveillance footage described in the police report shows a man opening the control panel for the mail storage facility and then accessing the room. The report also indicates the building used a package storage system from California-based Luxer One. “In the video footage, that male and two others can be seen entering and retrieving packages,” the report states. “Due to this door now being opened, other tenants could be seen taking packages from the storage unit.”The suspect who was seen interacting with the iPad is described in the report as being of Indian descent and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. He was wearing a purple T-shirt, gray and black striped shorts and sandals. Additionally, the report describes the other men as being of Indian descent, and both wore glasses. One had a black puffer jacket, blue T-shirt and black shorts with white stripes. The other wore a black T-shirt with black pants. Various delivery services deposited the 138 packages into the storage room on Tuesday, but none were present as of Wednesday morning, the report states. Tenants who have missing packages were advised to follow police reports.
Boston police are investigating after receiving a report that up to 138 packages from various delivery services were stolen from an apartment building.
The lead concierge for the building at 75 St. Alphonsus St. in Roxbury met officers at the building after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a police report. She said that tenants were informed the day before of an issue with the mail system that would prevent the retrieval of packages, but several residents told her they could reach the packages area through an unlocked door, only to find the space empty.
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According to the report, the concierge informed her manager and then called the police.
Surveillance footage described in the police report shows a man opening the control panel for the mail storage facility and then accessing the room. The report also indicates the building used a package storage system from California-based Luxer One.
“In the video footage, that male and two others can be seen entering and retrieving packages,” the report states. “Due to this door now being opened, other tenants could be seen taking packages from the storage unit.”
The suspect who was seen interacting with the iPad is described in the report as being of Indian descent and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. He was wearing a purple T-shirt, gray and black striped shorts and sandals.
Additionally, the report describes the other men as being of Indian descent, and both wore glasses. One had a black puffer jacket, blue T-shirt and black shorts with white stripes. The other wore a black T-shirt with black pants.
Various delivery services deposited the 138 packages into the storage room on Tuesday, but none were present as of Wednesday morning, the report states. Tenants who have missing packages were advised to follow police reports.