Overview
- Police arrested 27‑year‑old Cory Kisakye in Miami on Tuesday and returned him to Boston for arraignment on felony counts including unarmed burglary, breaking into a depository, and larceny from a building.
- Authorities say the charges stem from a Nov. 18 break‑in at a Jamaica Plain home where two people emptied a locked safe room of diamond rings, luxury watches, gold bracelets and designer pieces worth several million dollars.
- Homeowners told investigators that Kisakye had worked for them as a home‑care assistant and knew the location of the safe and its combination, a detail police say explains how the theft could have been carried out.
- Detectives say a months‑long, multi‑state probe tied Kisakye to the scene through a fingerprint, GPS location data and surveillance footage while post‑theft transaction records showed alleged sales and pawn activity.
- Police allege stolen items were sold in Miami and Randolph and that Kisakye flew to Uganda in December declaring about $54,000 in cash; prosecutors have asked for a dangerousness hearing and it is not yet clear whether the jewelry has been recovered.