A 9-year-old boy from Gloucester, Mass is facing breaking and entering and larceny charges after Amazon’s smart speaker recorded his voice during a break-in.

Alexa captured the boy’s voice from an Echo device he stole from his neighbor’s home, The Gloucester Times reported.

He also stole an iPhone, phone charger and cash from her apartment Tuesday, the media outlet reported.

The boy entered his neighbor’s home through a first-floor screen on three different occasions to collect the valuables.

He also stole an unopened Amazon package that was sitting on his neighbor’s porch.

The woman told police that an audio clip of a voice on her phone, recorded by Alexa from the stolen Echo device, sounded like her neighbor’s son’s.

Gloucester police spoke to the boy, who at first denied knowledge of the thefts.

He later confessed to breaking into the woman’s home three times to steal the missing items.

He led officers to the stolen goods, which he had stashed outside his home.

The boy told officers he couldn’t
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