Sunday, July 26, 2009

UNM p0wnz a bike thief using coffee cup, DNA

Apparently the UNM campus police don't mess around:

Discarded Coffee Cup Leads To Bike Thief's Arrest:

University of New Mexico police say 52-year-old Joseph Gutierrez had been stealing bikes on the university's campus for at least a year and a half. He now sits in jail, and bikes on the UNM campus are a little more safe.

Cops say Gutierrez is suspected of stealing more than a dozen bikes from campus, and they can positively tie him to at least seven stolen bikes that are worth more than $7,000.

They say one student actually witnessed his bike being stolen by Gutierrez and saw him set down a coffee cup. Police used that cup to link Gutierrez through DNA.

Another victim saw his bike for sale on eBay through a local pawn shop, where police say Gutierrez fenced the bikes.





Here's a video from KOB.com



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