Police are looking for this suspect after a number of cars were broken into, November 28, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the Windsor Police Service)Police are looking for this suspect after a number of cars were broken into, November 28, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the Windsor Police Service)
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DNA Evidence Leads To Arrest

Police say DNA evidence has led to sexual assault and break and enter charges for a 19-year-old Windsor man.

Officers with the Windsor Police Service investigated a break and enter which happened at a home in the 2200-block of Curry Ave. around 4:10am on November 28. Police say a man took off from the house after waking the homeowner, but not before stealing her 2006 Mazda 5 minivan.

Forensic experts found DNA evidence in the home which was sent off to a lab in Toronto for analysis. Through the analysis, police determined an indecent act was committed inside the home while the homeowner was sleeping.

Today, police report getting a "hit" off the National DNA Data Bank and a suspect was arrested within an hour of getting the information.

The minivan, which is described as blue-green in colour with an Ontario licence plate reading BNMH 137, has not been found and neither has the homeowner's purse.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 519-255-6700 ext. 4830 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 519-258-8477 (TIPS). You can submit a tip online as well through Facebook.

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