Middle Island UPS package theft caught on surveillance, cops say

She stole UPS packages last month from a home in Middle Island, Suffolk County police said.

Too bad for her she was caught on video surveillance stealing the items from the home on Quarrystone Lane, and police also have surveillance footage of her getaway car.

Police are asking anyone with information about the woman — and the larceny — to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-8477. All calls will remain confidential.

Police said the thefts took place at the Middle Island home at about 1:05 p.m. Feb. 24. During the theft, police said, the woman, seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with “White Plains New York” in white letters across the front, took packages containing a camping knife and smartphone products.

She then fled in a gray Saturn sport utility vehicle, police said.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”