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DNA spells jail for sloppy burglar

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 09:54 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

London, Ontario -- A Canadian man was sentenced to two years in prison for three home burglaries in London, Ontario, in which he left DNA behind each time.

Kevin St. Germain, 43, was convicted of the 2006 and 2009 burglaries in which a total of $72,000 worth of loot was taken, the London Free Press reported Thursday.

He was sentenced Wednesday after court heard an empty soda can with two straws in it was found at one break-in site, which yielded his DNA.

At another site, an open bottle of peach juice had St. Germain's fingerprints on it, and at the third site, a cigarette butt that had his DNA on it, the report said.

His fingerprints and DNA were on file based on burglary convictions in 2000, the newspaper said.

None of the stolen items were recovered.

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