Guelph police say DNA was the key to arresting a 31-year-old woman in connection with a stolen vehicle case.
Police say a Volkswagen vehicle was reported stolen in March 2020 after it was left running outside a business in the downtown area.
Twenty days later, it was found in a parking lot not too far away.
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Police say forensic evidence was found inside and sent to the National DNA Databank. The DNA was connected to both a man and a woman by the databank, according to police.
Last August, police located the man and arrested him. The charges have already been dealt with.
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On Wednesday, police say they tracked the woman down at a residence near Willow Road and Guelph Street.
She has been charged with possessing stolen property over $5,000, occupying a stolen motor vehicle and breaching probation.
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