Doorstep parcel thief and home burglar jailed after targeting Stafford homes and other parts of county
A man who took a number of parcels from people’s doorsteps and broke into two homes across Staffordshire has been jailed.
Robert Martin, 38, of Brown Edge in the Staffordshire Moorlands, was sentenced to one-year-and-four-months behind bars at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday, September 17 after he admitted four counts of theft and two counts of burglary.
The first theft happened on April 16 and saw Martin take an Amazon parcel from the front of a house, which had inside a wig that had been ordered by the victim who was undergoing cancer treatment.
Then, on June 8, he broke into a home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, where he woke up the victim at about 1.50am and made off after taking a bicycle from inside and riding it off.
Four days later, he took another parcel that had been left inside a front door lobby in Burslem, then took another parcel from a doorstep in Stafford on June 17 and, two days later, took another parcel in Stone.
Finally, on August 30, Martin took a parcel from a doorstep in Birches Head.
Officers from Staffordshire Police were able to link him forensically to a number of the thefts and identified him from CCTV footage at the scene of his crimes.
A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "In the last 12-months, from August 2024 to August 2025, the total number of burglary offences in Staffordshire has reduced by 27 per cent when compared to the year before.
"We’re determined to keep working hard, night and day, to go after those responsible for this type of crime in local communities."
