MINNEAPOLIS - Sex Crimes investigators say a DNA sample led to the arrest of a suspectin a robbery and sexual assault on the north side of Minneapolis in late May.

Police received a call on May 24 from a resident on the 1600 block of Fremont Avenue North who told them she had been awakened by a who had broken into her home.She told officers that the man forced her to perform a sex act on him at knifepoint.

The suspect fled the scene but investigators found he left evidence behind, including a knife. DNA evidence was extracted from these items and entered into the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's (BCA) data base.

The victim was also able to provide officers with a detailed suspect description.

DNA samples sent to the BCA lab matched an offender who was already in the agency's computer database. The victim then picked that offender from a photographic lineup.

That man, 41-year-old Nathan Dwayne Jones, was charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree and one count of first degree burglary.

Jones is currently being held in the Hennepin County Jail.

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DNA sample leads to suspect in sexual assault