Camera Captures Package Grab on Logan Avenue in East Isles

A neighbor's camera recorded someone walking up to a home on the 2400 block of Logan Avenue South in East Isles and taking a delivered package from the front step, the resident reported. No arrest has been announced. As with all blotter items, we name the block only and do not identify any unconvicted person.

The clip shows a single person approaching shortly after a carrier left and leaving within seconds. Porch thefts typically happen that fast, which is why footage rarely captures more than a brief grab.

Package theft is a persistent low-level problem across the 5th Precinct, which covers East Isles and the surrounding lakes neighborhoods. Recent Minneapolis police data for the area logs steady thefts on nearby blocks, including incidents on Hennepin Avenue and Humboldt Avenue South over the past month.

Residents can schedule deliveries for when someone is home, require a signature, or route packages to a parcel locker to cut the window a box sits unattended. Security footage and theft reports can be shared with Minneapolis 311 or the 5th Precinct.

[unverifiable: this specific Logan Avenue incident is a single resident report and does not appear in the city's published incident data; details could not be independently confirmed.]