Suspected Teravista package thief arrested

**UPDATE 11/11** The Williamson County Sheriff's Office says that a suspected package thief who is believed to be responsible of stealing from the Teravista area has been arrested.

This is an update to a previous story. The original version is as follows:

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office reports in just one day, a package thief hit about a dozen homes in the Teravista area. That isn’t the only issue in the area, earlier this month several homes were broken into in the same area.

Right now, investigators said these crimes don't appear to be connected.

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office is increasing enforcement and resources during this time.

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11 homes hit by the same tactic - all in a single day.

“It's really frustrating to know that we can't just simply order something and to expect that it's safe on your front step,” said Kari Wahl who lives in Teravista. Video shows the package thief replaces the stolen packages with empty boxes.

“The big message for this thief is we're not going to give up till we get you because I want the message to be clear in Williamson County. We're coming up on Christmas and the holidays we're going to be very proactive in Williamson County about this we're going to be putting all resources starting now,” said Robert Chody the Williamson county sheriff.

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office looking to tackle the problem. “It's an issue that if goes unchecked only gets worse,” said Sheriff Chody, “The only reason we have video is because somebody called us and said they had video it's given us a great starting point to track this one particular person.”

Package theft isn't the only problem which recently popped up in the area.

“There's definitely been an increase within the last year of criminal activity in the neighborhood and that's concerning to us,” said Wahl.

Earlier this month there were reports of several homes being broken into. “We are looking into that too we knew about it before the package theft and we already started a processes before that the process and plan has increased since the package theft,” said Sheriff Chody, “This wouldn't be the time to be messing around in Williamson County.”

The sheriff's office will be increasing enforcement and resources as we head into the holidays.

They are urging people to always be aware of their surroundings. When it comes to package thefts, they are also urging carriers to be aware and report suspicious activity.