Burglar caught because she was wearing a GPS tracking bracelet while on parole

Police said 30-year-old Kristen DaCosta was careful breaking into a Somerset through a bedroom window.

Police said she stole jewelry and left everything just as she found out. However, she didn't realize she was leaving detectives all the evidence they could need.

"She didn't destroy the place. She did not ransack it. But she certainly left her electronic fingerprint on the place for us. This lady was on a GPS monitoring device," said Chief Jospeh Ferreira of the Somerset Police Department.

DaCosta was ordered to wear a GPS ankle bracelet because she was on probation in an earlier case. Ferreira said she apparently didn't realize her movements were being tracked.

"Lo and behold, we actually saw the full track of her coming into Somerset and stopped at a certain bedroom window," he said.

Police told NBC 10 DaCosta was also sneaking through other neighborhoods, suspecting of breaking into at least a dozen homes all over Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

DaCosta is charged with at least 17 break-ins while wearing the monitor, including burglaries in New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Tiverton.

I'm sure you were to check the IQ of thieves, the lowest scores would actually be the ones sitting in prison. Police resources tend to be stretched pretty thin so anyone who is caught is either unlucky or just plain dumb. If you are caught more than once well you are likely not too bright. If you are caught because of a GPS monitor on your ankle well then you are a certified moron.

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