{"id":4999,"date":"2026-03-15T22:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/philly-couple-fed-up-with-porch-pirates-pack-gross-stinky-contents-in-box-for-payback-crooks-take-bait-like-clockwork\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:29:38","slug":"philly-couple-fed-up-with-porch-pirates-pack-gross-stinky-contents-in-box-for-payback-crooks-take-bait-like-clockwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/philly-couple-fed-up-with-porch-pirates-pack-gross-stinky-contents-in-box-for-payback-crooks-take-bait-like-clockwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly couple fed up with porch pirates pack &#8216;gross,&#8217; &#8216;stinky&#8217; contents in box for payback. Crooks take bait like clockwork."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As readers of Blaze News are aware, porch pirates have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/homeowner-fed-up-with-porch-pirates-leaves-heavy-surprise-in-box-for-next-culprit-and-one-actually-lugs-it-away\" target=\"_blank\">rampant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/creep-steals-boys-chemotherapy-meds\" target=\"_blank\">widespread problem<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2015\/12\/16\/caught-on-video-mans-alleged-package-thief-shows-up-for-a-third-time-but-this-time-theres-a-surprise-waiting\" target=\"_blank\">quite a long time<\/a>. But one Philadelphia couple recently decided to issue a bit of payback to crooks who steal their delivered packages.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Giarraffa and Lauren Goffredo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/south-philly-couple-uses-poop-machine-french-bulldog-prank-package-thief\" target=\"_blank\">told WTXF-TV<\/a> they took action after someone stole a box of toilet paper while they were just feet away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-quote\">&#8216;I shook it to make it all dirty in there, so if they even put their hands [in], it&#8217;s all over their hands.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The package thief] walked off with a big thing of toilet paper, so last night [Travis is] like, &#8216;You know, I got to clean up all the poop in the yard. Let&#8217;s just box it up and put it outside,'&#8221; Goffredo told the station.<\/p>\n<p>Goffredo added to WTXF: &#8220;This is Louis. He&#8217;s our poop-machine French bulldog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With that, the couple boxed up their canine&#8217;s waste, shall we say, and left it outside overnight, the station said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/package-thief-leaves-snarky-thank-you-note\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Package thief leaves snarky &#8216;thank you&#8217; note for victim. But she hopes to have last laugh with decoy box featuring &#8216;a little gift&#8217; from her dog.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        <span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"213192927c8601d7e0a3836ece789204\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OMkH0IMktKY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"South Philly couple uses dog&#039;s waste to set trap for package thieves\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMkH0IMktKY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Giarraffa and Goffredo told WTXF that surveillance video actually captured someone taking the package at 4 a.m. last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was probably disgusting and gross and a lot \u2014 and I shook it to make it all dirty in there, so if they even put their hands there, it\u2019s all over their hands,&#8221; Giarraffa noted to the station.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was stinky, for sure,&#8221; Goffredo added.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: The couple told WTXF their hope is that the prank will make would-be thieves think twice before stealing packages in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Giarraffa added to the station that he&#8217;s also willing to help neighbors repeat the experiment: &#8220;If you need some dog poo for a package, hit me up. We have a whole dog poo dumpster out there.&#8221;<span\/><\/p>\n<p>More from WTXF:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Philadelphia police encourage anyone who experiences a theft or any crime to call 911 or visit their nearest police district. A spokesperson said, &#8220;If you experience a theft or any crime against you, it is important to report it to the police. &#8230; If you have video evidence, it can be very helpful for investigators in locating the offender(s).&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The station added that neighbors in the area are staying vigilant and sharing information to help prevent future thefts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/newsletters\/theblaze-articlelink\" target=\"_self\">Sign up here<\/a><\/em><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As readers of Blaze News are aware, porch pirates have been a rampant and widespread problem for quite a long time. But one Philadelphia couple recently decided to issue a bit of payback to crooks who steal their delivered packages. Travis Giarraffa and Lauren Goffredo told WTXF-TV they took action after someone stole a box [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conservative-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}