Anecdata: I know someone who, as a kid, picked up a package from the street addressed to someone else and ended up with a (criminal) record that created problem

Anecdata: I know someone who, as a kid, picked up a package from the street addressed to someone else and ended up with a (criminal) record that created problems for them in early adulthood. I did not know them at the time of the incident, so details are sparse. Messing with the mail is a serious offense and charges related to it do apparently sometimes get out of hand.