Man Used GPS Tracker To Stalk Bucks Woman He Met On Dating Site: PD

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —A Montgomery County man has been charged with stalking and burglary after using a GPS tracker to follow women in Lower Bucks County, police said.

Matthew Bustin, 33, King of Prussia, is being held on $2 million bail for stalking a woman at least nine times, the Bensalem Township Police Department said.

On April 16, a woman reported to police that she returned home from a vacation and found that someone had turned off all of the circuit breakers in her home and manually unscrewed the internet connection from the wall, cutting her internet service.

She told police that she met Bustin on a dating website.

After a few meetings, she felt uncomfortable after odd behavior arose. She ended their relationship with him and blocked him on social media, but he continued to text her and show up unexpectedly, she told police.

Bensalem Detectives examined the victim's vehicle, and a magnetized GPS tracking device was found on its underside. The detective then obtained a search warrant to recover data from the device and its manufacturer. The account associated with the tracker came back to Bustin.

Tracker data showed that it began transmitting the locations of the victim's car on April 5, at the victim's workplace in Montgomery County.

The detective then obtained surveillance video from the business and observed a man get out of a black Honda Civic.

He then walks towards the victim's car, lies on the ground, reaches underneath the vehicle, and then returns to his car.

The man and the Honda Civic match the description of Bustin and the vehicle he drives. A search warrant was obtained for Bustin's cellular phone location data, police said.

An analysis of the data showed that Bustin was in the area of the victim's home and workplace on at least nine occasions without her knowledge after she ended the relationship.

He was also found to be at the victim's workplace when the man was seen lying next to her vehicle on surveillance video.

Records were obtained from PECO, and it was found that the power to her home was turned off between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, when the victim was on vacation.

Bustin's phone was at or near her residence in the same timeframe. An arrest warrant was obtained for Bustin, who was charged with Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Stalking, and Harassment.

Bustin turned himself on Saturday in at the Bensalem Township Police Department on the active warrant.

District Justice Lisa Gaier arraigned Bustin and remanded him to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $2 million bail.

"This behavior is disturbing, and Bensalem Police would like to know if anyone else has been harassed or stalked by Bustin," police said.

Anyone with similar interactions with Bustin should come forward to Bensalem Police and make a report. Contact Detective Connor Farnan at 215-633-3632.