Homeowner in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood asking for help to identify porch pirate

PITTSBURGH — A homeowner in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood is asking for help, and even sent us the Ring camera video, in hopes of identifying a porch pirate who stole from her.

“It was wild, and unfortunately we were both at work and had missed the notification,” Jessica Goelz said. “We couldn’t even talk to him through the ring.”

In the video, he says “knock knock,” then puts a package under his arm, then in his jacket. He does it again, “knock knock,” knocks on the door, and says “hello, anybody home?,” before picking up the package, dropping it, and then puts it in his jacket before walking away.

“It was really bizarre,” Goelz said. “The poor dog was trying his best to bark and scare him away. That man was very strange, it was a very strange situation all the way around.”

Goelz has lived in Greenfield for three years, and says this is the first time something like this has happened. She told 11 News the man got away with a bottle of face wash, and a gift she bought her fiancé for his birthday.

“I was really surprised because we’ve been here about three years on this street, and we’ve never had a problem,” Goelz said. “Then I felt very angry about the whole situation.”

Goelz said her fiance called the non-emergency number for Pittsburgh Police. They also wanted to show the video, to put other neighbors in Greenfield on alert.

“I really hope more people see the video, and maybe they’ll recognize him to alert the authorities so that it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” Goelz said.

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