VIDEO: Child 'porch pirate' steals package from Northridge home

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Surveillance video captures a child stealing a package from a home in Northridge…that's right, a child!

The theft occurred at a home in the 17-thousand block of Devonshire Street.

In the video you can see a girl grabbing the package from the porch -- then running to a nearby car.

The package was delivered Sunday around 2:00 pm -- by 3 o'clock the homeowner says it was gone.

No one was home at the time the package was stolen.

The homeowner says he plans to file a police report.

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