Guelph Police say DNA was used to solve a burglary in the city’s north end that was reported last June.
Police say on June 8, the owner of a business on Woodlawn Road East near Victoria Road North reported that a break-in had occurred sometime overnight.
Video surveillance showed a man cutting a hole through the rooftop exhaust vent to access the business, causing around $6,000 damage.
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The man then jimmied open the cash register and took some money that was inside.
He was caught on video drinking some juice from a carton which officers seized. They submitted it for testing and the DNA matched someone who was in the national DNA databank.
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Police say they arrested a man in the area Victoria Road North and Brant Avenue.
A 51-year-old Guelph man is facing several charges, including break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence, mischief over $5,000, mischief under $5,000 and theft under $5,000.
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