LARGO DNA testing led to the arrest Thursday of a Largo man who was charged in connection with a violent home invasion in September. <\/p>\n
Salvatore Va, 20, was among a group of men who kicked in a locked kitchen door the night of Sept. 14 at a home in the 800 block of Palm Drive, according to Largo police. Once inside, the men exchanged gunfire with a man who warned them not to enter. One of the shots narrowly missed a 3-month-old baby who was in the home, police said. <\/p>\n
The group took money from the man and a woman who was with him before fleeing the home, police said. <\/p>\n
Forensics investigators recovered DNA from the home, which was later matched to Va, according to an arrest report. <\/p>\n
During questioning, Va admitted to detectives that he stood in the kitchen doorway while the other men robbed the home, but denied using a gun or going into the house, police said. He also claimed that he was unaware that the other men intended to commit a robbery. <\/p>\n
Va, of Largo, was booked in the Pinellas County Jail on a charge of home invasion robbery. He remained jailed Saturday in lieu of $50,000 bail. <\/p>\n
It was unclear whether police had identified the other men involved in the crime. <\/p>\n
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