A 53-year-old woman of Cuban origin, identified as Lourdes García-Mesquida, was arrested in Miami on charges of aggravated stalking after placing a GPS device in the vehicle of her friend's husband's mistress.
NBC Miami checked the jail records of Miami-Dade where authorities indicate that the events occurred in mid-September. García-Mesquida was captured on surveillance cameras acting suspiciously around the victim's car.
On September 14, the accused was seen lurking around the vehicle of her friend's husband's mistress. The next day, the victim inspected her car and found a Spytec GPS device.
Four days later, García-Mesquida was spotted again approaching the car and placing an unknown object underneath it.
A passerby who witnessed the scene decided to confront her. In her defense, García-Mesquida claimed to be confused and stated that a friend had sent her to look for a car and that she had been deceived. After the confrontation, the accused removed the tracker from the vehicle.
The incidents were recorded by surveillance cameras and were presented to the victim, who showed the images to her boyfriend, the married man. It was he who identified the woman as Lourdes García-Mesquida, a friend of his wife. This testimony proved crucial for the investigation and subsequent arrest of García-Mesquida.
García-Mesquida was arrested and taken into custody, but a judge granted her probation after paying a $2,500 bail.
The current laws in Florida make it clear that installing a tracking device on someone else's property without their consent is a third-degree felony.
The victim claims that she no longer has a romantic relationship with the man involved.
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