Dozens of Amazon packages had been found deserted within the woods of a Massachusetts city mere days earlier than Christmas, but it surely wasn’t the Grinch stealing presents — it was a supply driver who mentioned stress led them to dump the lot.
A Lakeville police sergeant found the horde of packages throughout a routine patrol round 2 a.m. on Sunday.
The sergeant observed gadgets had been “unattended” in a wooded space close to 63 Bedford Street. When he went additional to research, he discovered “three giant totes filled with Amazon packages that had been unfold out a number of ft into the woods,” Lakeville police mentioned in a information launch.
The totes had been introduced again to the police station — containing 80 packages in complete.
Police had obtained no studies that the packages had been stolen or misplaced, so that they contacted an area Amazon distribution heart in Middleborough and returned them.
On Monday, an Amazon driver visited the Lakeville Police Department and mentioned they left these packages on the aspect of the highway round 7 p.m. on Saturday “as a result of they had been careworn.”
The driver mentioned they deliberate to report the incident to their supervisor. Police didn’t disclose the title of the driving force.
Lakeville police mentioned they don’t seem to be in search of any prison prices.
“I’m happy with the way in which our Lakeville Police officers dealt with and investigated this matter. At this time, we aren’t in search of prison prices and are contemplating this a human sources matter for Amazon,” Chief Matthew Perkins mentioned.