Crime & Safety

Thieves Used Hidden Cameras, Wi-Fi Jammers To Target Massachusetts Homeowners For Break-Ins, DA Says

Attorney Marian Ryan said the suspects, all in their mid-20s, were "intensively surveilling the individuals who would become their victims."

(CBS Boston)

Updated on: March 26, 2026

Three men are accused of using GPS trackers, hidden cameras and Wi-Fi jammers in a "sophisticated" home break-in scheme that targeted Indian and East Asian families in Massachusetts last summer.

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Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said thieves stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry from five homes in Woburn, Wilmington, Burlington and North Reading in June and July of 2025.

David Rondon-Castro and Yeison Ramirez-Garcia of New York, and Itan Dami Beltran of Pennsylvania, are being charged with conspiracy to commit residential break-ins.

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