Technology is moving along – and in more ways than you’d imagine. This week an alleged thief, Martino Galeaz, somehow left his own blood at the scene of a burglary in Berlin. Investigators said they were able to analyze that and Galeaz’s own DNA to finger him as the perpetrator. Now, I don’t know about most police stations, but apparently when you have DNA used to catch a tool thief, the 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 suspect—at 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) – much faster than I remember reading about in years past. Could this be the next wave of crime fighting—with DNA used to catch a tool thief?
Maybe instead of better locks, we should just get sharper doorknobs and window sills…
The details: Police say Galeaz, 39, broke into a construction site along Route 50 on January 22 and stole power tools. On Tuesday they charged him with second- and fourth-degree burglary, malicious destruction of property and theft. Galeaz was already incarcerated at the Worcester County Jail on another burglary conviction from April.
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