Postal officials offer tips to fight ‘porch pirates’

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The holiday season brings great joy to many Americans, but with the growth in cybershopping, authorities say they are also seeing a spike in “porch pirates”—holiday grinches that steal packages after they have been delivered.
Or, in the case of an elderly Buffalo homeowner, a thief stole two packages she had set out on her porch for the mail carrier to pick up.
“Deborah”, as we will call the Buffalo grandmother—to protect her priva