Armed with DNA evidence, authorities today charged a Maryland man in an 8-year-old sexual assault in which they say he left biological evidence on a womans bag and clothes while riding a crowded Green Line trolley in 2004 just two years after allegedly committing the same crime in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n
Timothy L. Day, 52, of Bethesda, Md., pleaded not guilty to one count of indecent assault and battery in Suffolk Superior Court, where he was released on $1,500 cash bail. The charges followed an eight-year, interstate investigation with Metro Transit Police officers in Washington, D.C., who were investigating a similar offense in their subway system in 2002. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors said a 23-year-old woman was riding an outbound B line train June 22, 2004, when a man now identified by authorities as Day boarded the train packed with fans heading to a Red Sox [team stats] game. The victim told police the man was pressed up from behind her onboard and when she exited the train at Kenmore station. <\/p>\n
Police later obtained a DNA sample from her shoulder bag, which was run through a DNA database. <\/p>\n
They got a match to the unsolved case in Washington, D.C., and in 2005, indicted John Doe based on what the Suffolk district attorneys office called his unique genetic profile. <\/p>\n
In January 2011, police said they were able to connect Day to the DNA after federal authorities entered his profile into the database after a federal conviction. Day was arrested last week and was ordered at an extradition hearing to turn himself over to Transit Police. <\/p>\n
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley applauded authorities for their outstanding work in charging what he called a serial offender. He said when Day returns to court June 27, prosecutors will ask for a confirmation DNA swab to check against the evidence from the womans bag. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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