Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Property Crimes Detectives solve a case more than a year old using DNA evidence
On December 30, 2014, at approximately 9:50 AM, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes Investigation Unit Detectives arrested Carl Joseph Grear for Commercial Burglary stemming from a 14 month old burglary case.
Back on October 3rd, 2013, at approximately 3:30 AM, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies were dispatched to an alarm call at the Computer Recycling Center, located in the 3200 block of Santa Rosa Avenue in Santa Rosa.
When deputies arrived on scene, they found the chain link fence, which leads to the business had been cut open and a pair of bolt cutters which were found lying on the ground. The inside and surrounding area of the business was searched and no suspects were found. Deputies searched the outside of the business and discovered a broken window; there was blood found on several shards of glass from the window.
The owner of the business responded to the scene and the only item reported stolen was an Apple iMac computer. Deputies collected the blood evidence from the crime scene and it was later submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for processing purposes.
On November 24, 2014, Property Crimes Detectives were notified by DOJ that the blood evidence recovered from the broken glass window was identified as belonging to Carl Joseph Grear, 36 years of age, and a resident of Santa Rosa.
On December 30, 2014, at approximately 9:50 AM, PCI Detectives located Grear in the 3500 block of Brooks Road in Santa Rosa. Detectives arrested Grear for multiple outstanding warrants for unrelated traffic and theft cases. He was interviewed about the burglary of the Computer Recycling Center last year.
Grear was then booked into the Sonoma County Jail for Commercial Burglary, along with his five outstanding warrants. Grear’s bail was set at $155,000 and he is scheduled to appear for arraignment on January 2, 2015 at 1:30.
Case #131003-002
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