Crime & Safety

Woman Suspected of Package Thefts

Melania Kathleen Astin, 42, of Newport Beach faces grand theft charges, police said.

Newport Beach police on Thursday arrested a woman on suspicion of stealing packages that had been delivered to homes in the city.

Melania Kathleen Astin, 42, of Newport Beach faces grand theft charges, police reported.

Police began monitoring deliveries to houses after several residents had packages stolen from their front porches, according to a police statement.

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Police on Thursday stopped Astin, who had been identified as a suspect, while she was following a delivery truck in the 300 block of El Modena Avenue, the statement said.

 

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