DNA Evidence Helps Police Crack 2011 Burglary
Tyrone Williams, 42, formerly of Camden City, was charged in the case.
"The wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine," as the proverb goes, and last week Collingswood Police proved it true.
DNA evidence collected from the scene of a year-and-a-half-old crime was recently processed by the New Jersey State Police laboratory, and could give some closure to a Collingswood family whose home was burglarized.
On the evening of October 29, 2011, residents in the 100 block of Richey Ave. returned home to discover that their back door had been broken into. Some jewelry and small appliances were discovered to be missing.
Laboratory analysis showed that blood samples found in the interior of the home pointed to 42-year-old Tyrone Williams, formerly of Camden City, who is currently incarcerated in Delaware on unrelated charges.
Williams was charged with third-degree burglary and third-degree theft on the strength of that evidence. At the time of reporting, no date had yet been set for his court appearance.
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DAMARIS MEDINA
7:04 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
I AM SOOO GLAD THERE IS CLOSURE FOR THIS FAMILY.,THOUGH IT TOOK A YEAR AND HALF.JUSTICE IS NOW SERVED. FOR SOME OF US MAYBE ITS TOO SOON IN OUR CASE "BURGLARY" IS YET TO BE CRACKED,AS WE WERE ALSO VICTIMIZED THIS PAST DECEMBER,2012 DUE TO BURGLARY.THERE WERE VIDEO RECORDINGS WHICH RECORDED 24 HRS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK NOT PICKED UP NOR VIEWED BY DETECTIVES,AND THEY WERE ASKED TO PICK UP FROM MY NEIGHBORS,IN ORDER TO HELP SOLVE MY CASE.ABOUT4 DAYS OR A WEEK AFTER THEFT THIS DETECTIVE SAID FOOTAGE WAS RECORDED OVER,ALSO DNA SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BUT NOW COLLINGSWOOD DETECTIVE,TELLS ME EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT THERE WERE SO MANY FINGER PRINTS OR DNA,IT WOULDNT BE HELPFUL,SO MY CASE HAS BEEN CLOSED.I AWAIT AND PRAY TO ONE DAY HAVE MY CASE SOLVED JUSTFULLY, WELL, I WONDER SINCE I WAS TOLD MY CASE WAS CLOSED IN A MATTER OF TWO AND A HALF MONTHS INVESTIGATION.I AWAIT FOR CLOSURE AS THIS FAMILY NOW HAS.CONGRATULATIONS,I KNOW NOW YOU HAVE PEACE OF MIND,DESPITE TIME TAKEN TO SOLVE.TAKE CARE GODBLESS.ATLEAST CPD INVESTIGATED YOUR CASE FOR ONE YEAR AND A HALF,THEY DIDNT GIVE UP ON YOURS.MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU.
DAMARIS MEDINA
7:07 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
LETS BE CLEAR VIDEO WAS NEVER PICKED UP BY DETECTIVES,SO HOW WOULD THEY KNOW THAT FOOTAGE OF BURGLARY AT MY HOME WAS RECORDED OVER.OR DIDNT COVER MY HOMES AREA,WHEN NEIGHBORS CLEARLY HAVE VIEW OF 3 HOUSES INCLUDING MINE.