DNA evidence leads to arrest of three men in Fair Lawn

Three men have been arrested thanks to DNA evidence that was collected at burglaries that occurred last year.

Detectives from the Fair Lawn Police Department collected DNA at burglaries that occurred in the summer that recently came back to identify the suspects.

Detective Jeff Welsh conducted an investigation on a burglary that occurred on July 16 at a residence on Oak Street. Evidence in the home that helped obtain DNA linked Osvaldo Rodriguez, 38, of Newark, to the burglary, according to a press release from Sgt. Brian Metzler of the Fair Lawn Police Department.

When the DNA match was found Rodriguez was already being held in Bergen County Jail for charges related to an October burglary. Rodriguez was arrested on Oct. 17 after Officer Nicholas Snyder found him on 33rd Street and 12th Avenue in Paterson with proceeds from a burglary that had occurred at a residence on 1st Street.

Rodriguez was charged on Jan. 9 with the second burglary and theft charges, according to police. Bail was set at $50,000.

Detective Peter Yuskaitis arrested Glen Rojas, 26, of Clifton, on Jan. 28 after DNA evidence that was found by the initial officers on scene linked him to a burglary at a residence on 26th Street that occurred on Aug. 12. Rojas was charged with burglary and theft, police said. He was sent to Bergen County Jail on $50,000 bail.

Detective Jeff Welsh arrested George Wayman, 33, of Newark, on Feb. 1 after DNA evidence was found by Welsh that linked Wayman to a burglary at a residence on Oak Street that occurred on July 23. Wayman was charged with burglary and theft, according to police. He was sent to Bergen County Jail on $10,000 bail with a 10-percent option.

The Fair Lawn Police Department is reminding residents to lock their windows and doors on their homes and vehicles to help prevent against burglary and theft to their personal property.

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DNA evidence leads to arrest of three men in Fair Lawn