Black Friday, online ordering and porch pirates

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Black Friday crowds packed the Outlet Shoppes in Canutillo on Friday, but some shoppers said they were skipping the lines and buying from their phones instead. Still, online convenience comes with one big worry: Will the package actually arrive?

“Anybody that comes in the way of that package and the delivery for our customer is what we sometimes consider a porch pirate,” said Richard Rocha, a spokesperson for Amazon.

Rocha said the first step in preventing package theft is simple track your order or share your order tracking with family and friends if you’re away from home. But if the tracking shows a delivery and the package isn’t on your doorstep, he said, report it…

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