Beer Trade Box stolen

I had a package delivered today by FedEx and discovered it was missing when I got home from work. Asked with neighbors and it turns out on of the witnessed someone stealing it and call the cops with the license plate number. About to follow up with the police, but to wanted to get people's advice on this.

Has anyone ever had a beer box stolen before? Do I need to tell the police that it was beer? Will this open me up to issues with having beer sent to me or issues with my trading partner sending beer?

 

Appreciate the info @mothman. Having an officer come out now so I can file a report. I'll keep people posted on the updates, sure to be riveting.

and @beardown2489, I would highly doubt that this was a targeted thing because of beer, more likely some jerks following the delivery truck and stealing whatever they can find.

The delivery guy put it in my unlocked front porch, but didn't bother to move it to the side so it wasn't visible from the street. A box sitting just inside a glass porch door is just asking to be grabbed by some jerk driving through the neighborhood.

 

Spoke to the cops and they weren't very helpful. I told them it was beer, valued at $100 to $150. They told me it was misdemeanor theft, punishable with a fine. The plate my neighbor got didn't match the vehicle description, so they said with no real leads, they won't follow up on it. The cop didn't understand the beer being valuable and said, even if we catch the people, they probably will have drank the beer. I get that there isn't much they could do and it is a minor crime not worth the time to track down, even if they did have info, but trqt me with a little courtesy/empathy. Instead of asking "what do you want us to do?" With an attitude, explain to me what you could do, even if options are limited.

No whales, but I don't actually know what was in it. From my regular trading partner from NY, with some stuff from NY, VT and his recent trip to San Diego. He told me it was "the best box ive sent in the 3 years we've traded", so that was a bummer.

Will have to have packages deliver to my back porch and stashed in the future.

 

Unfortunately the big red bullseye frowns on alcohol around work, plus too big of a workplace for that.

I think this is going to have to be my method going forward. Unfortunate for the inconvenience, but not worth the risk in the future, I guess.

I've had this happen to me too. I moved and my guy used my old address. The people who lived there weren't home due to Christmas break and the package sat on their front porch for 2 or 3 days Luckily we were having a warm snap and all the beer ended up being ok. Surprised that one didn't end up getting stolen. 3 days vs. 4 hours in that situation compared to yesterday. Plus, my current neighborhood is "nicer", but I guess that probably does more to attract criminals. Nicer area means people are probably getting nicer stuff that you can steal, right?

 

Also, the police talked to my neighbor, who gave them the correct license plate number (the officer I talked to wrote the number down incorrectly. Didn't bother to read off what she had written down to confirm that she didn't make an error when she ran the plate and it didn't match the vehicle description) and a description of the suspects. So there is some hope that they will at least get caught for it.

Other neighbors posted that they found 3 boxes in their alley ripped open and ditched with the contents gone, so it sounds like these people went "shopping" at a few houses besides mine. And that I won't be getting my beer back.

Thanks to everyone for their advice.

@KingCharles - no need for charity, but we will have to meet up again soon. I've got some goodies from another trade and the F44 cellar sale to share.