An Eastlake woman has made it her mission to catch the person who took a present meant for a 2-year-old right off her front porch.
Surveillance cameras show the suspect driving a Honda Civic with children’s bikes in the back. At about noon Tuesday, the driver stopped at Sarah Cruz’s home in Peachtree Circle, located in the Eastlake Greens area of Chula Vista.
In the video, a man with a grey DC hoodie covers his face, nonchalantly walks up to the front door and grabs a box sitting on the porch.
Inside, Cruz said, was a remote control helicopter, meant to be a gift for her 2-year-old nephew.
“A little boy lost a gift this Christmas,” she told NBC 7 on Thursday. “I really wanted to give it to him because he would love it. I know he’s into that kind of stuff.”
She said the suspect probably did not notice her small sign that reads “Smile, you’re on camera.”
While the gift cost her less than $20, Cruz said it is the premise of the theft that has her concerned and wanting justice.
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“That’s just too low of him,” she said. “What if he took something like medicine that’s very important or something like that. Because every time he gets something, he doesn’t know what’s inside.”
Sarah has plenty of dirty diapers from her toddler that she is considering packaging up in hopes that the thief strikes again.
