ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man is fighting against package thieves in a unique and smelly way.
Jeff Riggs is filling empty package boxes with cat waste to scare off the criminals. He said he wanted to give them a package they would never forget.
Riggs posted a picture on Facebook showing the decoy package on his doorstep in Tower Grove South with cat waste inside the box. He told 5 On Your Side he's tired of package thieves and wanted to send a message to the criminals to think twice about stealing someone else's personal things.
His neighbors said they are frustrated because more and more packages have been stolen in the last few months.
"I think it's frustrating that people would take advantage of my neighbors like that, and I think for the most part that this neighborhood is pretty great," Mona Rife said.
Neighbors said they have started to put more security measures in place, like cameras and motion detector lights, because of the package thieves.
