DNA leads police to suspect in break-in assault of Rocky View County homeowner
RCMP members located items stolen from rural properties in Rocky View County during the March 16 search of a Calgary home. The stolen property was hidden behind drywall.
An investigation into DNA samples found after an attack on a homeowner in Rocky View County has led to the arrest of a serial break-in suspect.
Cochrane RCMP members responded to a rural area in Rocky View County on Feb. 2 after a homeowner was assaulted by a masked man who had broken into the home.
DNA was secured from the crime scene and investigators identified a Calgary man as the suspect.
On March 16, officers searched a Calgary home and found stolen property hidden in the walls that had been swiped during break-and-enters in rural areas throughout Rocky View County in February.
Cooper Byron Paquette, 35, faces charges of:
- Four counts of break-and-enter;
- Assault;
- Disguise with intent; and
- Possession of property obtained by crime.
Paquette remains in custody ahead of his March 30 appearance in Airdrie provincial court.
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