Seattle Police Arrest 4 In Front Porch Package Snatchings

Police credit sharp-eyed residents of West Seattle with helping them arrest four people suspected of stealing packages from front porches.<p/>The Seattle Times reports that (<a href="http://is.gd/6J9zSh">http://is.gd/6J9zSh</a>) a woman at one house reported seeing a man run off with a UPS package late Friday morning and get into a white Toyota van.

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