A man who was caught on surveillance video stealing a package of toys from a Delaware County home while carrying his 1-year-old daughter was arrested, according to police.
Evan Brown, 20, is charged with theft and receiving stolen property.
Surveillance video released Tuesday shows a man, identified by police as Brown, stealing a package from the front of an Upper Darby home on Nov. 10.
In the video, a UPS driver leaves the package, which came from the Caribbean, in front of a house on the 7000 block of Greenwood Avenue.
Then, a man in a red jacket starts casing the house from a neighboring porch before eventually walking over while carrying a young girl.
“With the baby in his arms, he looks around, reaches down and then picks up the box then walks off with the little baby and the box in his hands,” said Upper Darby Township Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
The box contained 20 Shark Attack toys intended to be sold online that were valued around $130, according to Chitwood.
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“It kind of offends me that you would walk around with in baby in your hand, kind of as a cover, as you do your stealing and your robbing," Chitwood said.
After the video was released and made the rounds through the media, a community member recognized Brown and called police, Chitwood said.
Brown was arrested at his home on the 7000 block of Rabourne Road, just around the corner from where he allegedly stole the toys.
"He shaved his head after he saw all the publicity I guess," Chitwood said.
Police recovered 11 boxes of the toys from his home, according to Chitwood. Chitwood also said the girl in the surveillance video is Brown's 1-year-old daughter, who was at the home at the time of his arrest.
Brown is currently being processed and will be arraigned Wednesday night.
