Don’t Commit Crimes While Wearing A GPS Bracelet
It’s not a good idea to wear GPS technology while committing crimes. Look, it’s going to be incredibly difficult to get away with committing crimes without wearing technology that will…
Don’t commit crimes while wearing GPS technology! (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
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According to First Alert 4, Leslie James III, 18, is facing 31 counts of stealing-related offenses after a series of smash-and-grab robberies across the St. Louis area. James has been charged with 8 counts of second-degree burglary, 3 counts, of attempted burglary, 11 counts of felony property damage, and 8 counts of misdemeanor stealing. Additionally, he was charged with a count of tampering with a motor vehicle, per First Alert 4.
It looks like he was pretty busy on this crime spree. First Alert 4 reports that James and two others went to 9 businesses in St. Louis where they smashed windows and stole property (or attempted to). It's also been reported that James was driving a stolen vehicle and someone in the group was armed with a gun.
To make things even worse, police say James was wearing a GPS bracelet while the crimes were being committed. Examining data from the technology showed that James was at each of those businesses on the day and time of these robberies. That makes for a pretty easy case. He's really making things easy on the prosecutor. How can you not think about that? You can't be wearing one of those! Having your phone on you would be bad enough, but wearing GPS technology that literally tracks your every movement while committing crimes is a terrible idea.
Check out a video report of the crimes below from FOX 2 St. Louis.
https://youtu.be/M9Snys79CQY?si=nmKLwmJFVyxhXtX_
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