RED BLUFF, Calif. - Robert Brown said he's lived in Red Bluff for twelve years, and in that time, his house has been a target of theft.

This Christmas, he had his snowflake light display projector stolen from his front yard. He said several other people in Red Bluff have expressed to him that they have been victims of package theft this holiday season.

"I figured it was time to teach a lesson," Brown said.

After the incident, he decided to plot his revenge on the thieves. He packaged what he calls "redneck coal", or dog poop from his puppy Goldendoodle, Willow, and placed the package on his porch as a ploy.

Brown's wife, Tina, calls him a classic prankster.

"I usually try to talk him out of these kinds of things," she said. This time, she decided to go along with his plan because she was upset too.

On Monday afternoon, as Brown predicted, a package thief driving in a green car pulled up to his home and took the package. The thief, a woman, was accompanied by a driver who's gender has not been identified.

The Brown's home surveillance footage shows the thief pulling up to their house, taking the package from their porch and getting back in the car.

Upon getting in the car, the footage shows the package breaking open in her lap. She is then immediately covered in the "redneck coal".

"I figured by soaking my coal in water it would help loosen the cardboard so it would break free in her lap," Brown said.

He said he's plotting his next attack soon, and has empty Amazon boxes stacked in his living room waiting to be used. He hopes to trick more thieves into taking his ploy packages in the future.

"We pray she learned her lesson for trying to steal presents from children. Not good," Brown said as a final remark.

KRCR News Channel 7 will provide updated information about the thief as soon as the Red Bluff Police confirms an arrest has been made.