Technology is moving along โ and in more ways than youโd imagine. This week an alleged thief, Martino Galeaz, somehow left his own blood at the scene of aย burglary in Berlin. Investigators said they were able to analyze that andย Galeazโs own DNA to finger him as the perpetrator. Now, I donโt know about most police stations, but apparently when you have DNAย used toย catch aย toolย thief, theย testing takes a lot more resources (and thus time) than what we typically see on TV shows like CSI. The way this report was issued, what initially sounded like a routine affair that was fairly quick, actually took nearly a full year to nab the suspectโat least for the burglary crime.
Yes, DNA Used to Catch a Tool Thief
Doing some research online, it looks like results are down to a few days (at least for paternity-based testing) โ much faster than I remember reading about in years past. Could this be the next wave of crime fightingโwith DNA used to catch a tool thief?
Maybe instead of better locks, we should just get sharper doorknobs and window sillsโฆ
The details: Policeย say Galeaz, 39, broke into a construction site along Route 50 onย January 22 and stole power tools. On Tuesday they charged him withย second- and fourth-degree burglary, malicious destruction of propertyย and theft. Galeaz was already incarcerated at the Worcester County Jailย on another burglary conviction from April.
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