A man is headed to prison after packages were stolen from secure mailroom lockers at a SouthPark apartment complex, leaving at least 14 residents without their deliveries in 2024. William Dibella pleaded guilty to felony fleeing to elude arrest and was sentenced to at least 11 months behind bars.
According to WSOC TV, the thefts happened at the SouthPark Morrison Apartment complex, where at least 14 victims had their packages taken straight out of secure lockers meant to keep deliveries safe. The station reports Dibella is now headed to prison after pleading guilty to felony fleeing to elude arrest.
Fifteen Lockers Cracked Open in a Single Spree
A related report on the case, carried by Yahoo News, describes how Dibella and another man broke into 15 secured lockers at the complex, cleaning out every package inside each one. That account also cites court documents describing a history of Dibella breaking into apartment mailrooms and stealing packages, though the specific dates and number of prior incidents were not detailed.
One resident, Carla Barbosa, told the outlet her own packages had already been stolen twice that year, though it was not established whether both incidents were tied to this particular case. For renters who rely on secure lockers specifically to avoid porch theft, losing packages from a supposedly locked system added an extra layer of frustration.
A Pattern Stretching Back to South End
This is not the first time Dibella's name has surfaced in connection with package theft in Charlotte. A separate report from the same station noted that a William Anthony Dibella, then 22, was arrested in connection with a break-in at a package closet at South End condos, an incident WSOC TV covered after security footage caught the alleged burglar in the act.
Court documents in the SouthPark case, as described by Yahoo News, pointed to Dibella having a pattern of targeting apartment mailrooms specifically, rather than a single isolated theft. Combined with the scale of the SouthPark break-in, which hit 15 lockers and more than a dozen victims, the case paints a picture of a problem that went well beyond one bad night for residents trying to get their deliveries.
With sentencing now complete, Dibella is set to serve at least 11 months in prison for the felony fleeing to elude arrest charge tied to the case, closing out a saga that left SouthPark Morrison Apartment residents questioning just how secure their secure lockers really were.
