When porch pirates steal medicine instead of holiday gifts
December 26, 2025

(NPR) – Ethan takes a medicine called Epidiolex that prevents these seizures. But last holiday season, a thief stole it off the family’s front porch in Charlotte, N.C.
Peterson remembers finding the empty box and then checking her Ring doorbell camera footage. “I see this guy walking off … and I am just livid,” she says.
Then, she had to figure out how to get this medicine — worth $1,800 — replaced so her son didn’t miss a dose. It turned out to be a challenge. (Read More)