A Clarkesville man is accused of stealing packages from a local church in broad daylight, a crime investigators say was caught on security cameras.
Steven Douglas Addis, 63, faces a felony charge of porch piracy after allegedly taking packages from Hollywood Baptist Church on Hollywood Church Road on Jan. 27, according to an incident report from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say U.S. Postal Service carriers delivered the packages to the church’s fellowship hallway door just after noon. Surveillance footage reportedly shows a blue 1999 Toyota Camry pulling into the church parking lot around 1 p.m.
A deputy wrote that a male suspect exited the vehicle, walked to the packages, and began picking them up and examining them. The suspect then took both packages, got back into the car, and drove away.
The stolen items included shaving razor heads, laundry detergent sheets, probiotics, gluten-free cream of mushroom soup, and fluorescent orange flags. The total value was estimated at $93.
Arrest warrants state that Addis “knowingly took three (3) Amazon packages that did not belong to him” from the church’s administration entrance.
Addis was booked into the Habersham County Jail on Friday on one count of porch piracy.
