FC: Police steal DNA from man's soda straw, arrest him for rape

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 07:56:34 PDT

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    Rapist snared with a sleight of straw - and his DNA
    August 15, 2001
    
    By Christine Hanley
    Los Angeles Times
    
    SANTA ANA, Calif. - A suspect who was tricked by a police detective into
    leaving his saliva on a straw at a Taco Bell pleaded guilty to two rape
    charges Monday in a case that even his lawyer said represented a
    legitimate yet unusual use of DNA evidence.
    
    Brea, Calif., police Detective Susan Hanna had been working on the case
    for months and thought Robert William Bradford Jr. was the culprit when
    she invited him to a Taco Bell, saying she wanted to pick his brain about
    the case.
    
    After Bradford finished his soda, Hanna got him a refill, replacing his
    straw and, on her way out, handing the old straw to a detective disguised
    as an employee.
    
    The straw was sent to a crime lab for DNA testing, which connected
    Bradford to the rapes.
    
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