Recently, a Queens homeowner was fed up with porch pirates stealing his deliveries, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. Carlos Meija, who was “done” with the criminal behavior, resorted to leaving decoy packages on his doorstep.

Reportedly, thieves in the area have been trailing delivery trucks, such as FedEx and UPS, waiting for opportunities to steal packages. “I was just trying to make an example for those out there doing the same thing … stealing from others,” Mejia explained.

Meija captured an incident on his home security system of one of these alleged criminals in the act. The clip has since gone viral on TikTok, amassing over 800,000 views. The footage shows a man walking onto his property, attempting to snatch a box off the steps and hide it in a backpack.

However, Meija was prepared and stormed out of his house, enraged and wielding a baseball bat at the thief. “Oh, s***, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, I just didn’t want nobody to take him, bro!” the alarmed suspect shouted in fear.

“What you got in there?” Mejia pressed the man.  The alleged criminal proceeded to claim that the item in the bag belonged to him.  “You can have everything, bro,” the man said exasperated while being threatened with baseball bat.

The intruder maintained that he lived on the corner, but Mejia was not having the attempted explanations. “I don’t give a f***! Get on your knees,” he commanded, not taking no for an answer.  Watch footage of the incident below:

In recent years, criminal activity has drastically increased in New York City, which has faced numerous challenges, from subway attacks to the mass inflow of illegal immigrants into the city.  According to many residents, the quality of life in the Big Apple is seriously degrading.

The American Tribune recently reportedon comments from Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who urged citizens to stop claiming subway crime is continuing to increase.  Adams cited data from March, suggesting subway crime has significantly dropped.  The mayor further blamed the “outward” perception of crime for driving fear into the hearts of residents.

“We’re down and crime in the subway system folks, for the first quarter. We’re down. We’re down 24% in March, we’re down in February. Can we please stop saying we’re up in crime and our subway system? We are not, we are down in crime in the subway system,” Adams said.

Adams further acknowledged the harsh criticism he has received for past comments suggesting people have misperceptions toward New York Crime.  “If we go back to, I don’t know if it was March of 2022, committed to cardinal sin and said, perception is playing into this. You know, everyone blasted me, ‘Oh, you out of touch. It’s not reality.’ I said it back then. I always knew from the days of being a transit cop. The perception can override this so these guys can bring crime down to zero,” he said.

Note:  The featured image is a screenshot from the embedded video.