'It's a little scary': Neighbors on edge after daytime crime spree

N DESIGNATED THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN LINE WITH THE SUPER BOWL. BUT THE BIG STORY ON ACTION NEWS IS A RECENT CRIME SPREE TARGETING PHILADELPHIA'S SOCIETY HILL. SEVERAL INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, LIKE HOME BURGLARIES AND PACKAGE THEFTS, ALL HAPPENING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. ACTION NEWS REPORTER LELAND PENDER SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO BELIEVE ONE MAN IS RESPONSIBLE. >> POLICE TELL ME THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION AND NEIGHBORS TELL ME. THANKFULLY, NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS OF THIS UNKNOWN PERSON AND EVEN A FEW ENCOUNTERS. NEIGHBORS IN SOCIETY HILL ARE ON HIGH ALERT AFTER A DAY LONG CRIME SPREE IN THEIR COMMUNITY EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST SIT, YOU KNOW, IDLY BY AND LET SOMEBODY COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO THIS. >> DELANCEY SQUARE TOWN WATCH CO-FOUNDER JOE DAIN SAID. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE PERSON WAS SPOTTED TARGETING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 6 P.M. WITHIN A FOUR BLOCK RADIUS. NEIGHBORS BELIEVE THIS IS THE MAN BEHIND A SERIES OF PACKAGE THEFTS, A BURGLARY AND EVEN RIPPING FRANK MALLOY'S DOORBELL CAMERA RIGHT OFF ITS MOUNT. >> I WAS WATCHING IT LIVE. >> NEIGHBORS SAY THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE MAN TOSSING IT IN A BUSH A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. >> OBVIOUSLY, AFTER THAT, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED. >> JOE PESCATELLO DIDN'T REALIZE HE'D BEEN A VICTIM UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE NOTICED ITEMS MISSING IN HIS HOME OFFICE. >> OF COURSE, IT'S CLICHÉ, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE YOU'RE VIOLATED AND IT'S A LITTLE SCARY. >> HIS SISTER IN LAW, WHO LIVES ON THE SAME STREET, BELIEVES SHE SAW THE MAN RIGHT AFTER THE CRIME OCCURRED. SHE SAYS SHE CONFRONTED HIM, BUT HE RAN AWAY. NEIGHBORS SAY THE POLICE ARE INVOLVED. THEY LATER LEARNED THE MAN RETURNED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE THE POLICE WERE THERE INVESTIGATING. >> AND JUST SEEING HOW BRAZEN HE WAS TO COME BACK AFTER HE ALREADY WALKED INTO ONE HOUSE WITH POLICE AROUND THE CORNER, ONLY LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT HE'LL COME BACK. >> DAIN HOPES BY BANDING TOGETHER, NEIGHBORS CAN BOX OUT THIS BANDIT. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION. >> I THINK WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. >> NEIGHBORS TELL ME THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THE MAN SINCE WEDNESDAY. SOME ARE WORRIED HE'LL COME BACK IF HE DOES. THEY HOPE NEXT TIME HE'