Fairfield County investigators said Charlie Horn was wearing an ankle bracelet that tracked his movements when he allegedly burglarized a home on July 21, CrimeTracker 10's Angela An reported.

Sheriff Dave Phalen said their prime suspect gave investigators their best lead.

"The thing that really made the difference was we realized one of the suspects was on probation and wearing a GPS tracking unit," Phalen said.

Investigators said Horn denied taking part in the burglary at first, but they were able to track his movements using the GPS anklet.

The bracelet not only tracked Horn's trip to the home that was burglarized, but tracked his every move inside the house, An reported. 

Horn's bracelet was tracked by a Lancaster company that monitors GPS devices for local courts.

American Court Services technician Chad Harper said people who wear the bracelet are monitored to make sure they do not go beyond an invisible border.

Local courts give the company a range of how far an offender is allowed to travel.

"So for each little dot, that's in correspondence to where he's standing," Harper said. "We can track them 24-7."

Phalen said Horn's tracked movements were as good as fingerprints at a crime scene.

"It's remarkable technology, and solves countless crimes every year," he said. "Sometimes these individuals are not thinking very clearly."

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