This is some real hillbilly/redneck/hayseed/yokel stuff right here. From Yahoo News.
A trail of tobacco spit has led investigators to a suspect in at least five burglaries across eastern Oklahoma, police said.
Randy Lee Shoopman Jr., 33, was charged with 11 counts of second-degree burglary after a sample of his DNA matched that taken from expectorant left behind at the scene of several burglaries in Oklahoma, said officer Brad Robertson, a spokesman for the Tahlequah police department.
A trail of tobacco spit! Dude left behind a trail of tobacco spit, and that’s how he got busted.
But wait, there’s more…
Stilwell police detective Chad Smith said he was investigating the burglary of an insurance company in September when he noticed a tobacco stain on papers in the ransacked office.
“None of the ladies that worked there chewed tobacco,” Smith said. “You could tell that the stains were from the suspect.”
None of the ladies that worked there chewed tobacco!!?? Nice work Stillwell police detective. And, it’s good to see that Stilwell and Tahlequah are working hand in hand on this investigation. None of this inter-department animosity you hear about on more urbane cases.
Shoopman was taken into custody Friday in Merced, Calif., on an unrelated stolen property charge, Robertson said….
…The sample linked him to at least five burglaries in which the suspect also left behind tobacco spit, Robertson said. Shoopman was released on bail before the DNA match was obtained.
Woops! He got away. I’m sure they will get their man though Oklahoma seems to be on top of this one. And, of course….
A telephone message left Wednesday with Shoopman’s attorney in Muskogee was not immediately returned.
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