Police say a GPS tracker helped San Francisco officers arrest a suspected burglar.
On Nov. 15, someone reported her car was broken into while it was parked in a garage in the 500 block of Filbert Street. She reported that luggage and a duffel bag containing valuable medical equipment had been stolen.
According to police, the woman tracked her belongings via GPS to the 800 block of Pacific Avenue on Nov. 21.
Officers arrived to find an occupied truck parked where GPS had tracked the stolen property. They approached the occupant of the truck and found the stolen items, including the stolen medical equipment.
Officers arrested the suspect and seized the stolen goods, which were returned to the owner.
According to police, officers recognized the detained suspect, 53-year-old James Peros, who was wanted for a commercial office burglary that occurred on Oct. 13 in the 200 block of Sutter Street.
Peros was sent to San Francisco County Jail, where he was arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft and possession of methamphetamine.
