German authorities were able to pin a burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his DNA at a crime scene.
The 37-year-old Romanian man is accused of breaking into a workshop office in the western city of Darmstadt, stealing cash and two locks and causing damage worth around 3,400 euros ($5,055), Suedhessen police spokesman Ferdinand Derigs said. “He didn’t bring the salami with him — it was just lying around in the office,” Derigs said.
Wrong time for the munchies.
What! No picture of a salami that looks like the Virgin Mary?
I beat Angel to the punch.
The burglar should have done a better job at – hiding the salami. 🙂
The Germans do DNA testing for minor burglaries???
Our police don’t even respond to burglaries any more, they just give you a case number over the phone so you can make an insurance claim.
#2 – That’s OK. She’s had plenty of salamis slipped into her.
#3 – My thought too. Leave it to the Germans to be perhaps even closer to Big Brother than we are.