DNA on beer cans leads to NY suspect's arrest

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a burglar's decision to knock back a couple of beers during a break-in at an upstate New York home led to his arrest.

Onondaga (ahn-uhn-DAH'-gah) County prosecutors tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse (http://bit.ly/14vfeMo ) that 29-year-old Moses Wilson was stealing copper piping from a vacant rental home in Syracuse in early February when he found an unopened case of beer in the basement.

Officials say he drank some of the beer during the burglary. Prosecutors say police were able to match Wilson's DNA to DNA found on the cans.

Wilson was arraigned Tuesday in Onondaga County Court on charges of burglary and petit larceny. He is being held in jail on $10,000 bail. It couldn't immediately be determined if he had a lawyer.

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[GandD 5,966]

Nice post

[Darnell 8,479]

I likes this DNA stuff, you betcha !

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This is why we need a DNA database on everyone. Perhaps TSA could swab everybody going through a checkpoint, and if there is a hit, they would be picked up as they get off the plane at their destination.

[GandD 5,966]

Yeah, they made a good point about privacy though. DNA should be kept for everyone but it should not be a publicly accessible record.

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