'Porch pirates' dressed as nurses have been stealing packages from people's doorsteps in Washington state

• Police in Washington state are asking for help in identifying two women who dressed as nurses and stole packages from people's homes.
• The Kennewick Police Department wrote in a Facebook post on May 2 that they were investigating a case of "porch piracy."
• "Both appear to dresses [sic] as nurses and we do not believe they are actual nurses," police wrote.
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Police in Washington state are asking for help in identifying two women who dressed as nurses and stole packages from outside of people's homes.

The Kennewick Police Department wrote in a Facebook post on May 2 that they were investigating a case of "porch piracy."

Pictures provided by the police department show the women wearing blue nursing scrubs and one woman was even photographed wearing surgical gloves. The women also appear to be wearing lanyards that nurses typically use for identification.

"Both appear to dresses [sic] as nurses and we do not believe they are actual nurses," the department wrote.

The two women were pictured driving a red sedan.

"The nurses we are fortunate to know only give their time, lives, and take the vitals of their patients (not their property)," police added.

Michelle Santiago had a package stolen from her home on Wednesday and told CNN that she captured the incident on her home security system. According to CNN, Santiago is a nurse and her husband is a law enforcement officer.

"I could see the FedEx driver drop the package off around 3 o'clock that afternoon in one video and in (a following) video this woman walks up and takes it less than 5 minutes later," she told CNN, adding that other people in her neighborhood had reported similar instances.

According to researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1.7 million packages are lost or stolen every day in the US. And CNBC reported that market research firm Rakuten Intelligence found that online spending in the US has increased by over 30% from the beginning of March through mid-April, compared to the year prior.

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