UPS Sent Husband’s $4,000 Work Laptop to the Wrong House. They Ended Up Calling the Police on Their Neighbors
The fight over the package escalated, and cops eventually got involved.
Karlos Dillard (@thelifeofkarlos) told social media that after UPS sent his husband’s $4,000 work laptop to the wrong address, his neighbors allegedly refused to surrender the parcel.
“Now, y’all know I live in Fort Knox,” Dillard joked on TikTok. He compared his home to the fort because he had cameras and sensors on his property. When UPS informed him they had already delivered the laptop, Dillard said that nobody had been to his house yet. The company sent a photo of the package being delivered, and Dillard confirmed that it was the wrong house.
“You know what? Mistakes are mistakes. Let’s go look around the neighborhood,” he said. Dillard said he and his husband went out with flashlights, searching house to house for the package.
“We all rich in this [expletive], so why would we steal anything? Or so I thought,” Dillard alleged. He mentioned that they live in a private, gated community. In their community, it was common for them to receive packages that weren’t theirs, but they would return the parcels to the right home.
“We’re the type of neighbors that go up. When you move in, we bring a basket of some home-cooked bread and some charcuterie,” Dillard prefaced. The neighbors to his left just moved in, and the couple decided to bring a welcome basket to the newcomers as a friendly gesture. Dillard noted that the new neighbors were also an African couple who migrated to America. Although Dillard and his partner are also Black, he implied that the new neighbors were not comfortable living beside two gay men.
“We can be neighborly,” Dillard said, despite their differences. He continued, “What I [expletive] can’t do is when you steal a $4,000 computer.”
The UPS package went missing for days
“Mind you, my husband just got this position, and he wants to present himself well,” Dillard emphasized. His husband is supposedly at the executive level of this new company and can’t afford to make too many mistakes. When Thursday came, his husband decided to search their neighbors’ recycling bins to see if anybody got the package. Dillard went with his husband, and the first thing he noticed was that the neighbor to his left did not put out their trash.
“Why is your trash not out, but both of your cars are in the driveway?” Dillard suspected. He claimed that in his neighborhood, everybody did what they had to do on schedule. Since it was trash day, he found it strange that his African neighbors had not yet thrown out their trash. Dillard said his husband also added that the night his laptop went “missing,” the wife had been carrying multiple boxes. Since it was dark, he couldn’t confirm what type of boxes those were.
Dillard took another look at the photo from UPS. He claimed the door in the photo matched his neighbor’s door. With the evidence they supposedly gathered, the couple decided to confront their neighbor.
They feigned ignorance
When his husband explained that his laptop was missing, the man allegedly claimed that he didn’t speak English. When he and his husband gave the couple a welcome basket a few years ago, they spoke English fluently, so Dillard claimed that the neighbor was lying. Even the couple’s daughter and extended family members allegedly had no problems speaking English.
“That was a business laptop, and it’s being tracked by his company. And his company works for the federal government,” Dillard told his neighbor. He added, “They will track it. And if they track a $4,000 laptop back to your address, you’re gonna have some problems. Felonious problems.” It’s one thing to commit identity theft to live off DoorDash deliveries, and entirely another to insist on keeping a misdelivered UPS parcel. When the man realized the gravity of the situation, he allegedly snapped out of the act and went inside his home.
He re-emerged with his wife, who now has the missing $4,000 laptop with her. She allegedly made the excuse that they “didn’t know” the parcel was for Dillard’s husband. But Dillard pointed out that their names were on the box and that the address was visible. He further alleged that the box was already opened and that the receipt containing his husband’s details was also visible.
The cops got involved
Dillard considered that even if the neighbors had opened the package by accident, they could have contacted his husband through the receipt or returned the box to them since the correct address was on the parcel. Dillard said he snatched the box out of his neighbor’s hands and said, “You [expletive] stole from me. I’m the wrong one.”
The male neighbor allegedly replied, “We don’t even like living next to you homosexuals.” Dillard said that instead of fighting the man head-on, he told their neighbor that he would be calling the police on them. When the cops arrived, the one at home allegedly refused to respond.
“Good luck, because the police are looking for you, neighbor,” Dillard ended. Although the neighbors are ignoring the police, Dillard said they could be charged with mail theft and receive a court summons over the alleged incident.
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