A community in Fort Bend County is fed up with porch pirates stealing their packages.

One of the suspects walked up to the driver with a pistol, drug him out of the vehicle and stole the van. “The other defendant followed them out and they drove to one of their apartments and began offloading all the packages. The armed suspect was identified as 22-year-old Dedrick Jacobs, prosecutors said. But another suspect, 18-year-old Jaylin Knox is still on the run. A month later, Knox was arrested for robbing a convenience store in Pasadena, and still not identified in the Amazon robbery, where he was released on bond, which was later revoked, prosecutors said.

And that could be a field day for porch pirates, those who steal other’s packages from their porch. Porch theft is a problem that seems to grow exponentially each year around the holidays. But this year, the Harris County Sheriff’s Department is rolling out a new tool to try to stop them. So we decided to go with this area in the Katy area because of the amount of theft reported to FedEx,” said Harris County Theft Investigator Javier Urena. How it worksThe Harris County deputies plant a phony present, like a cell phone in the decoy box, which is also equipped with a hidden tracker.

Investigators describe him as a prolific porch pirate. New charges accuse him of stealing packages left at 19 homes in the Heights, West University, Rice Military and Midtown. His home security camera recorded the image of a man, matching Saenzs description, walking up to the front door and walking off with a $250 pair of shoes. And Monroe said his neighbors home video cameras show that same man spent days in the neighborhood going from house to house. The new law combined with Saenzs previous arrests, enhances the sentence he could face if hes found guilty, a couple of years in state jail to up to 10 years in state prison.

An estimated 36% of Americans have had a package stolen from outside their home at least once, according to C+R Research. “We actually had a couple of porch pirates that came and were stealing packages in the neighborhood a couple years ago,” Fiore said. "What I like about the app, is It's linked remotely through the garage door app,” says Fiore. Police are fighting backPolice across the country are now taking a pro-active approach to porch pirates. Amazon LockerOr you can get your packages delivered to an Amazon Locker around the Houston area.