Overview
- Doorbell camera footage from May 14, seen by local station KGET, shows a man in Amazon-branded clothing set down a package, pet a cat named Junie, then appear to pick the cat up and carry her toward a delivery truck.
- The family reviewed the video after Junie went missing and filed a police report with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, which says it is actively investigating the incident as an apparent “theft of a cat.”
- Amazon told reporters the driver works for a third-party Delivery Service Partner and said the company is cooperating with investigators while the case is unresolved.
- Shared footage has the driver’s face blurred and no arrest or charges have been reported so far, and the family has publicly urged whoever has Junie to return her rather than face legal action.
- The episode raises broader questions about the contractor model for parcel delivery, the limits of doorbell-camera evidence for proving intent, and Amazon’s role in policing delivery partners after similar allegations in recent months.