Blood evidence leads to charge against former Warren County man

By Ed Pruneau, Record Staff Writer
Posted 11/7/19

Blood found at the scene of a 2015 burglary led to a Kansas City man being charged with the crime, Washington police said.  Detective Betsey Schulze said tests show that DNA from the blood matches …

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Blood evidence leads to charge against former Warren County man

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Blood found at the scene of a 2015 burglary led to a Kansas City man being charged with the crime, Washington police said. Detective Betsey Schulze said tests show that DNA from the blood matches the DNA of Garrett D. Perrotto, 24.Perrotto, who formerly lived in Warren and Franklin counties, is charged with one count of second-degree burglary in the almost 2-year-old case.A judge set a $20,000 bond for Perrotto.The case stems from a report Jan. 8, 2015, by a property owner who discovered a burglary at a home at 1109 W. Fifth St., Schulze said.The victim went to make some repairs on the house and discovered that someone had broken out a bathroom window.A television set, a video game console and a number of video games were reported stolen in the break-in.Schulze, who responded to the initial report, said the burglar apparently cut himself during the break-in and left blood splattered at various spots.The blood evidence was turned over to a lab for DNA analysis.After the results were returned several months ago, Schulze said she obtained a search warrant to procure a tissue sample from Perrotto and it came back as a match.She then applied with the prosecutor’s office for a warrant charging Perrotto in the burglary. The warrant was issued this week.Perrotto currently is on probation in several previous cases.He pleaded guilty in September 2014 and November 2015 to felony drug possession charges in Warren County. He received suspended sentences in those cases and was placed on five years’ probation.In February 2015, Perrotto pleaded guilty to felony drug possession and resisting arrest charges in a Franklin County case. A judge gave him a suspended imposition sentence in that case and placed him on five years’ probation, according to court records.Burglary


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