An Edgartown woman was sentenced to two years in state prison this week after pleading guilty to a series of home break-ins in the downtown village of Edgartown.

Christine Houston, 58, a resident of Norton street and familiar figure in town, where she had previously worked at the council on aging, was ordered to pay more than $60,000 in restitution to the owners of the homes where she stole jewelry, silver and prescription drugs over a period of time dating back to 2009.

There were 14 separate cases involving break-ins at 12 houses. Ms. Houston faced multiple charges of breaking and entering in the nighttime to commit larceny, a felony, and also charges of breaking and entering in the daytime.

Guilty pleas were entered on Tuesday this week before Judge H. Gregory Williams in Edgartown district court. Ms. Houston will serve two years in the Massachusetts correctional facility in Framingham followed by four years of probation, including drug and alcohol counseling. She also has been issued a stay-away order from the homes that she broke into and stole from.

She was arrested by Edgartown police in November 2010 following two spates of home break-ins that began in June when three School street homes were broken into four times (one twice), with prescription medication and heirloom jewelry reported missing. In September, again three homes on School, Norton and High streets were broken into four times. Edgartown police Det. Sgt. Chris Dolby said yesterday that as Ms. Houston was preparing her guilty plea with counsel and the Cape and Islands district attorney, she confessed to another break-in and was arraigned again on more charges.

Mr. Dolby said some but not all of the stolen property was recovered and returned to the homeowners. “We recovered a fair amount, but there is more missing — the more expensive items, watches, necklaces and so forth were pawned in the Boston area and we’ve been unable to track a lot of it down; they were not reputable pawn-shops,” Detective Dolby said.

At the time of her arrest last November, Ms. Houston told police she had broken her leg and become addicted to prescription painkillers four years ago, Mr. Dolby said.