HUNKER, Pa. (KDKA) – You’ve heard all about your packages being stolen off your porch, but what about your packages being stolen by your delivery driver en route to your house?
It all started around two months ago. Pennsylvania State Police were alerted that packages containing Apple electronic products were not being delivered by FedEx.
Upon investigation, state police learned those packages were going through the FedEx facility in Hunker and were being loaded onto a truck driven by Mohammad Alshamasin.
However, the packages would go missing once they were on Alshamasin’s truck and “out for delivery” in Hempfield Township. So, that’s when state police decided to set up an old-fashioned sting operation.
“We used one of our phones and we actually put it into a package, like a typical FedEx package,” said Trooper Steve Limani of the Pennsylvania State Police. “And we had that (phone) on the truck for Mr. Alshamasin to deliver and it had a designated address for him to deliver it to. We conducted surveillance throughout his work shift, and he failed to stop and deliver it to the location he was supposed to.”