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"Stressed" Amazon driver dumps 80 packages in woods during holiday shipping rush

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Riley Rourke
Digital Producer, CBS Boston
Riley Rourke is a digital producer for CBS Boston. She has worked at WBZ-TV since graduating from Emerson College in 2023.
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LAKEVILLE - If you're missing an Amazon delivery, it may have been left on the side of the road by a "stressed" driver after police in Massachusetts found nearly 80 abandoned packages on Sunday.

Misplaced Amazon packages

Police in Lakeville were patrolling around 2 a.m. Sunday morning when they saw unattended items on the side of Bedford Street. Seargent Shawn Robert determined it was three large totes full of Amazon packages that had been dumped several feet in the woods.

The packages were brought back to the station, counted, and returned to an Amazon distribution center in Middleboro.

The driver visited the Lakeville Police Department on Monday afternoon and said they had left the packages around 7 p.m. on Saturday "because they were stressed." Police are not planning to press any criminal charges for the incident and instead said it would be dealt with at Amazon.  

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Lakeville police are hoping that the nearly 80 packages of Amazon deliveries will still be able to be delivered by the holidays. Lakeville Police Department

"Sgt. Robert likely saved a Christmas headache for many local residents by noticing these totes and getting them back to Amazon, hopefully in time for a holiday delivery," Lakeville Chief Matthew Perkins said in a statement.

Amazon said that customers can expect their packages to still be delivered and to check their accounts for any updates.

"We can confirm all customer orders were reprocessed and redelivered, or are currently in the process of being delivered," Amazon said in a statement. "We also thank Lakeville PD for finding and returning the packages."

Lakeville Police doubled as delivery drivers back in 2021 when they discovered abandoned packages on the side of the road.

What to do if your Amazon package is lost

If you are having delivery issues with your Amazon order, here's what to do depending on your package status.

Amazon recommends that if but it is not there look for a notice of delivery attempt, check with neighbors, then wait 48 hours before contacting the carrier and then the seller.

If the package status is , Amazon may refund the package or recommend that you contact the third-party seller directly.  

For more information on what to do if you haven't received your package, click to go to Amazon's "Where's My Stuff?" page.

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