DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a Guelph man in connection with a stolen vehicle case last summer.
The Guelph Police Service investigated the theft of a GMC Sierra pickup from a Guelph home in May of 2022.
The vehicle was located in the parking lot of a commercial plaza on Woodlawn Road West on July 30, 2022.
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Police took the vehicle to the Centre of Forensic Science for analysis.
Investigators say a DNA sample taken from the vehicle matched one that was in the national DNA data bank.
Police located the suspect, a 21-year-old man from Guelph, on Wednesday.
He is facing charges of being an occupant in a stolen vehicle and breach of probation, and will have a bail hearing next Thursday.
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