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A Northwest Side man with a long history of arrests has been charged with the brutal rape of a teenage girl who remains in critical condition nearly a month after the attack, authorities said.

Detectives were led to Luis Alberto Pantoja, 25, through DNA collected from a condom wrapper found near the Belmont Cragin backyard where the girl was assaulted just before dawn Dec. 17, according to a law enforcement source.

Pantoja was arrested at his home on Friday without incident, police said in a statement, saying additional physical evidence was recovered then.

Pantoja, of the 5500 block of West Wrightwood Avenue, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. He was ordered held without bail during a hearing today.

Authorities asked for a sign language interpreter during the hearing. Pantoja is hearing-impaired, according to a police report.

Pantoja was found with a .32-caliber revolver but it was unclear if he had it during the attack, authorities said.

The attack happened in 2400 block of North Long Avenue about 5:25 a.m., police said. The girl was found by a neighbor about two hours later, half-clothed and bleeding from the head.

At a Sunday afternoon news conference, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy congratulated Area North detectives and officers from the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on the arrest.

He said the investigation found the girl was attacked an hour earlier than detectives originally thought. The was on her way to catch a bus so she could meet her father, who was to give her a ride to school, McCarthy said.

He said the girl would usually leave a little later in the morning, which is why police thought the attack occurred not long after 6 a.m.

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By Scott Daugherty The Virginian-Pilot January 6, 2014

CHESAPEAKE

DNA. For more than two decades, it's helped police solve heinous murders and catch serial rapists.

Specially trained forensic scientists routinely examine evidence, recover biological samples and conduct tests to develop a bad guy's DNA profile - the telltale genetic information contained in our cells. The evidence has become a mainstay of Virginia courtrooms, not to mention TV cop shows.

And in recent years, the science has become so commonplace it's even started popping up in misdemeanor cases. Police and prosecutors hope DNA will bolster their efforts in an unusual drunken driving case pending in General District Court.

"Twenty years ago, DNA was reserved for homicides and maybe some sexual assaults," said Brad Jenkins, biology program manager for the state's Department of Forensic Science. "But not anymore."

Police investigating a felony may submit biological evidence to one of the state's four labs for DNA testing, Jenkins said. His staff members routinely help detectives investigate robberies, assaults and burglaries.

And, when possible, the lab also will screen evidence from a misdemeanor.

"We don't do a lot of misdemeanors, but it does happen on occasion," Jenkins said, explaining that such reviews typically happen only after a member of his staff discusses the case with a prosecutor.

Budget constraints prevent the labs from helping with all misdemeanor investigations.

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SIBU: Police raced against time to gather evidence to solve the murder of Britney Clement, 9, following the arrest of a former security guard who is her aunts husband.

Sibu police chief ACP Mohd Kamal Kordi when contacted yesterday said police had sent DNA samples collected from the dead girl and the suspect, whom they arrested at his longhouse in Sg Naman village.

We are now waiting for the results of the DNA tests, he said.

When asked whether the suspect would be sent for psychiatric examination, Kamal said they had yet to do so and the case was still under investigation.

Multiple scratches found on the suspects chest and back led the cops to solve the case in less than 24 hours.

At first the suspect claimed he got the scratches from cutting grass.

Later he claimed those scratches were caused by his wife in a quarrel.

The suspect was taken back to the police station last Friday along with the deceaseds 20-year-old sister and a male cousin to assist police investigation.

He allegedly killed the village girl after failing to rape her after attending a New Year countdown celebration.

It is understood that the suspect had tried to rape Britney because he was jealous that she sent her cousin home in waist-deep flood after the New Year countdown.

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