Police find 80 unattended Amazon packages in woods of Massachusetts
Police later found out they were left on the side of the road by a stressed out Amazon driver
ByAlex Svenson & Ted Wayman
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LAKEVILLE, Mass. — Police in Lakeville, Massachusetts discovered a large stash of Amazon packages in a wooded area on Sunday, which they later found out were left on the side of the road Saturday evening by a stressed out Amazon driver.
According to the Lakeville Police Department, an officer who was on routine patrol early Sunday morning noticed items unattended in a wooded area near Bedford Street.
Upon further investigation, the officer determined the items were three large totes full of approximately 80 unattended Amazon packages.
Body camera footage shows the officer approaching the packages and identifying them.
Officers said the totes were then loaded onto a pickup truck and brought back to the police station.
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Since police had no reports that the packages were stolen or misplaced, they contacted the local Amazon distribution center in Middleborough and returned them.
“I would like to commend Sgt. Shawn Robert for his discovery of these unattended packages while on routine patrol,” Lakeville Police Chief Matthew Perkins said. “Sgt. Robert likely saved a Christmas headache for many local residents by noticing these totes and getting them back to Amazon, hopefully in time for a holiday delivery.”
Police said they are not seeking any criminal charges and the driver planned to report the incident to her manager.
“I am proud of the way our Lakeville Police officers handled and investigated this matter,” Perkins said. “At this time, we are not seeking criminal charges and are considering this a human resources matter for Amazon.”
Gun and knife-wielding masked gang robbed terrified shop owners in their 70s in Chilwell
Martin Naylor
Fri 19 April 2024 at 11:57 pm GMT+7
5 min read
A gang of masked robbers, armed with a gun and knives, burst into a Nottingham shop, terrifying the elderly owner and fleeing with thousands of pounds of goods. CCTV played at Nottingham Crown Court showed Joshua Woods, Callum Groves and Jack Weston try unsuccessfully to prise the till from the counter while threatening the 76-year-old victim with the weapons.
Two of the trio, who amazingly have no previous convictions of any kind, had earlier the same day been on a reconnaissance trip to the Chilwell shop before returning and carrying out what the prosecutor called their “incompetent” mission.
And in a victim impact statement, the owner told how he thought he might be shot by what he believed was a real gun one of the robbers was pointing at his head.
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Sentencing the trio, Judge John Hardy KC said: “It can never be an excuse to say ‘I am going to rob two 70-year-old pensioners of the cash they have in their shop’ and ‘I am going to satisfy my need to inflict terror on them’.
“That is not an excuse (and) the answer to ‘why (this robbery was carried out)?’ is class A drugs.”
Jon Fountain, prosecuting, said the robbery took place at Deepak Foodstore, in Barn Croft, on September 23, last year. He said the elderly shop owner and his wife, who have run the store for three decades, were alone in the store when three masked men entered it armed with weapons.
He said earlier that day Woods and Groves had been exchanging messages about robbing a shop “in Notts” to get money and recruited Weston to come along with them telling him needed to bring “a strap or a blade, bro”, meaning a gun or a knife. The prosecutor said around midday Woods and Groves carried out a reconnaissance trip to the street where the shop was before heading back to their homes in Leicester to prepare for the robbery.
Mr Fountain said around 6pm the trio drove up in two cars, placed tape over the registration plates and entered the store wearing masks or balaclavas to hide their identities. He said: “Woods was the first one in the store and went to the front of the counter and produced a large knife.
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“Groves pulled out a semi-automatic imitation firearm and pointed it at the shopkeeper and then went behind the counter still pointing it at the victim
“Woods started to pull the till which was secured to the counter and stubbornly would not move. So he and Groves began passing tobacco to Weston who was at the back and placed it into a bag.
“The victim’s wife was aware of what was happening to her husband and was scared stiff.”
Mr Fountain showed the court the CCTV of the armed robbery which lasted just under two minutes before the trio fled and drove back to Leicester. He said: “It was a robbery which was incompetently carried out and Woods left his baseball cap at the scene which contained his DNA.”
All three men were arrested separately and on different days over the next few weeks and at first denied being involved in the robbery. Weston even told the police he had never even heard of his two co-defendants.
But each of them later pleaded guilty to robbery and possession of weapons and Groves to possession of an imitation firearm. None of them have any previous convictions of any kind.
The prosecutor read out victim impact statements made by the shop owners. In his, the 76-year-old said: “I am now cautious of anyone walking into the shop and constantly monitor the CCTV to see who is around. I was terrified because when I saw the gun I believed it was a real one and I might be shot.”
And in her statement, the wife said: “We have been running the business for 30 years and nothing like this has ever happened to us before.”
Woods, 29, of Chilcombe Walk, Leicester, a father of two daughters, aged nine and five, was jailed for four years and three months. Matt Hayes, his barrister said: “There is evidence in this case that drugs are a feature in Mr Woods’ life. He was facing financial pressure and money was needed and he involved himself in this enterprise and now he must face the consequences. He has the support of his family and employer.”
Groves, a 25-year-old father-of-two, of Hartshorn Close, Thurmaston, Leicester, was sent to prison for four years, his sentence being slightly less as he pleaded guilty at an earlier opportunity. Laura Pitman, mitigating, said: “Everyone who knows him and loves him has been shocked to the core, particularly Mr Groves’ mother. She works in a very important job in the NHS and when she came to discover her son had been arrested and what for, it changed her life forever. They understand he has got to be punished as does he. Against a background of financial pressures he carried this disgusting offence out of desperation.
And Weston, 23, of Cuffling Drive, Leicester, was also handed a four-year and three-month prison term. Lucky Thandi, his barrister, said: “He is realistic and knows he is looking at a custodial sentence of some length. He has never been arrested by the police before. It’s plain this was not a plan of his making, Mr Weston was not part of the reccy that Mr Groves and Mr Woods were, he was needed as an extra body for a ‘smash and grab’.”
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Russia ‘threatens to strike’ 23 towns and cities across the UK
Rebecca Robinson & Will Stewart & Emma O’Neill
Sat 6 December 2025 at 6:55 pm GMT+7
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A senior Russian politician has identified multiple UK military sites as potential targets in a warning to Britain.
Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian senator and former deputy prime minister who also led the country’s space programme, said Britain risks becoming “deadly dangerous”. The warning comes amid heightened tensions following comments from former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace about supporting Ukraine’s long-range military capabilities, The Express reported.
Rogozin shared a map in May highlighting 23 UK defence installations as possible targets for Russian forces. He wrote that the map was useful to see the “true intentions” of the West and advised Russian citizens not to send their children to study in the UK, calling it “deadly dangerous”.
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The locations listed are based on the UK Government’s 2025 Defence Industrial Strategy, which outlines key military sites and infrastructure across the country.
Rogozin’s comments follow a series of aggressive statements from Russian media, including TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, who criticised Mr Wallace personally and referenced Russia’s Poseidon underwater nuclear drone in a thinly veiled threat to Britain.
The remarks come amid ongoing concerns over Russian hostility toward NATO countries and the potential for escalation in the Ukraine conflict.
UK defence officials have not publicly commented on the claims, but analysts say they underline the continuing importance of monitoring Russian rhetoric and protecting critical military infrastructure.
Sites highlighted included:
- Glasgow – BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Thales
- Belfast – Harland & Wolff, Spirit Aerosystems, Thales
- Fivemiletown – Cooneen Defence
- Barrow-in-Furness – BAE Systems
- Bolton – MBDA
- Telford – RBSL
- Aberporth – QinetiQ, Tekever
- Merthyr Tydfil – General Dynamics
- Glascoed – BAE Systems
- Bristol – Airbus, BAE Systems, GKN Aerospace, Leonardo, MBDA, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce
- HMNB Devonport – Babcock
- Yeovil – Leonardo
- Aldermaston – AWE
- London – Helsing, Palantir
- Stevenage – Airbus, MBDA
- Ampthill – Lockheed Martin
- Derby – Rolls-Royce
- Sheffield – Sheffield Forgemasters
- Warton; Samlesbury – BAE Systems
- Newton Aycliffe – Octric Semiconductors
- Tyne & Wear – BAE Systems, Leonardo
- Edinburgh – Leonardo
- Rosyth – Babcock, QinetiQ
