DNA links city man to September burglary

YOUNGSTOWN

A West Hylda Avenue man who authorities said was linked to a September burglary by DNA evidence was arraigned Friday in municipal court.

Judge Renee DiSalvo set bond at $15,000 for Roger DeWitt, 43, who is charged with a second-degree felony count of burglary. He is accused of breaking into a home Sept. 10 in the 2700 block of Firnley Avenue.

Officers were called to that South Side home about 10:25 p.m. for an alarm and when they arrived they found a window shattered with a brick and a big screen television taken.

They also found broken glass in the garage and the lawn mower and other lawn-care equipment taken.

There was blood on some of that glass which was submitted to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation. They found DeWitt’s DNA in the blood.

DeWitt was turned over to city police Thursday by Beaver Township Police, who arrested him on the warrant.