‘The spirit of the Grinch is still alive’: Video captures good Samaritan body check would-be porch pirate days after Christmas

Left: Francisco Jose Eder Mateo is allegedly seen stealing packages from a porch in Yonkers, New York. Right: a Yonkers public works employee stops Eder Mateo as he apparently tries to flee police. Inset: Francisco Jose Eder Mateo (via Yonkers Police Department).

A man police in New York are calling a “good Samaritan” apparently helped take down a porch pirate who was trying to flee after being busted by cops.

Francisco Jose Eder Mateo, 27, of the Bronx, was seen on home security footage nicking a few packages from a porch in Yonkers on Jan. 3, according to the Yonkers Police Department.

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