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Half-eaten Snickers bar implicates hungry burglar in Arkansas

Fri May 16, 5:02 PM

By The Associated Press

JONESBORO, Ark. - Police in Arkansas say DNA found on a half-eaten candy bar helped them zero in on a robbery suspect.

Detective Jason Simpkins says DNA taken from Brian Bass matched the sample found on the bar left on a counter at Cato Animal Hospital during a January robbery.

Bass is being held in jail on $50,000 bond.

Bass was on probation after he served time on a firearms possession charge.

Simpkins says the state had his DNA on file.

Police say Bass is facing felony commercial burglary and theft charges.

The public defender's office says the 39-year-old Bass doesn't have a lawyer yet.

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