Harvard police are preparing to file charges in a breaking-and-entering case that dates back to June 2012. Detective Daniele Fortunato told the Press that a blood sample found at the scene finally turned up a match.
The break-in was reported to police on June 12, 2012, by a Sherry Road resident, who said that several items had been taken, including a piggy bank containing about $200 in change and a bag of tools. The tools were recovered later the same day.
Police say that the burglar gained entry by breaking a glass door and had apparently cut himself in the process, leaving a trace of blood on some woodwork. A sample of the blood was sent to the state police crime lab in Sudbury on June 22, 2012. The sample was circulated to police departments across the state but came back negative until this month.
‘Significant criminal history’
Fortunato said the positive hit for the sample was on a 66-year-old man with a “significant criminal history.” She said the man has a record in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with 90 incidents recorded in Massachusetts alone, and that he has been associated with 98 pawn shop entries since the June 2012 incident.
Fortunato said the man will be charged with breaking and entering, larceny over $250, larceny under $250, destruction of property, and misleading a police officer. She said his name will be released after the charges have officially been filed and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
