鵝溪警察自身的DNA數據庫，幫助解決了搶劫，離開1 Zaxby的僱員在聖誕節前夕拍攝.
克里斯托弗·達內爾·威爾遜, 25, 沼澤狐狸巷和丹特·薩馬爾布朗, 23, ofJean井驅動每個面的七項重罪指控, 包括六個持械搶劫的罪名, 五項綁架和謀殺未遂的罪名. 劫匪闖入到聖. 午夜剛過了5名工人詹姆斯大街餐廳’ 錢包和手機, 根據鵝溪警察署.
警方上尉. 戴夫·瑟德貝里週三表示，威爾遜和布朗是罪犯. 經過一人被捕, 警方蒐集威爾遜的DNA和它添加到一個數據庫，該部門一年多前開始.
棕色 (離開),威爾遜(權利)
專家從希爾頓黑德島實驗室, intelligenetics, matched that sample to DNA found on a ski mask discarded in the nearby woods. Subsequent searches ofWilson ’s home also turned up valuables taken from the restaurant.
Soderberg said that developing the local database and contracting with a private company has its advantages over the State Law Enforcement Department’s lab, where backlogs can delay DNA testing for weeks.
“We were able to get the bad guys off the street two days after sending the sample out,” he said. “In this day and age, when witness accounts aren’t as credible in the courts, DNA is a wonderful thing.”
The Zaxby’s had closed for the day when two armed robbers walked in and held five employees at gunpoint. As one of the gunmen frisked a worker, his gun went off and a bullet struck the employee’s leg. Investigators don’t know whether the shooting was intentional.
“They really took advantage of these people,” Soderberg said. “They knew what they were doing, and it was terrifying for the victims.”
Wilson and Brown were arrested during the first week of January, and they remained jailed without bail Wednesday.
Soderberg said that Goose Creek police officers routinely ask those arrested for DNA and that they often agree. He wasn’t sure how many samples the department had gathered. He added that the database targets “10 percent of the population that commits 90 percent of the crimes” in Goose Creek .
“A lot of departments are not using this to the degree they should be,” Soderberg said. “But DNA is so specific; you really can’t go wrong.”
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Captain Dave Soderberg
Commander
Criminal Investigations Division
Goose Creek Police Department
843-863-5200 ext. 1325
