Alleged burglar identified through DNA – Muskogee Daily Phoenix

A lost hat while fleeing police led to a DNA match and an arrest in a burglary attempt at a local storage facility.

Matthew Kelly Carpenter, 34, was allegedly caught in the act by law enforcement at the storage facility on South Cherokee Street in Muskogee in late January, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case Wednesday.

Carpenter fled officers, losing his hat in the progress. DNA from the hat was sent to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for testing, and it came back as a match to Carpenter, the court documents state.

He has two prior convictions of second-degree burglary, according to supplemental information filed with the charges.

Carpenter was arrested Tuesday and is held without bond on four charges of second-degree burglary and two charges of attempted second-degree burglary, according to court documents.He returns to court June 26.

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