Do you always bring packages inside?

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I don't know if this has been happening around you lately, but it has been happening here and now it's changing my behaviour. Within the last couple months, I know of 2 incidents where a person had a package delivery left at their door, they've brought it into the house, then been arrested for having drugs. The police (FBI, ATF, whatever) wait outside until they bring the package into their house then they knock on the door and arrest everyone. One man even had his dogs shot and killed. He's the mayor of a local city here and claimed to have no clue what was in the package. I can totally agree that I would bring in a package if it was on my doorstep, I probably wouldn't look at who it was addressed to until I got it into the house. My step-son's friend was evicted from his apartment because the same kind of thing happened to his roommate. Well, last Friday, I had 4 packages on my doorstep. I checked them over before I brought them in and only 3 of them were mine (and I knew exactly what they were so they were ok). The 4th one was addressed to someone else - I think she lived here like 3 people ago - and it was from the Department of Corrections (JAIL!). Well, that one did NOT come into the house. I called UPS to tell them that it was misdelivered, hoping that my husband would not bring it in while I was on the phone if he got home from work. Luckily he was thinking the same thing as me. Well, UPS was done driving for the day so they said they'd send someone out to pick it up Monday, just make sure that I left it out front Monday morning. Well, I left it out all weekend long! There was no way I was bringing that into my house, I had no clue what it was! I did put a plastic trash bag over it so it wouldn't get too wet in the storms Saturday. Has this been happening around where you are? Do you always bring in the package and then find out who it's addressed to?