Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cigar Was Smoking Gun


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Saliva recovered from a cigar left at the scene of a shooting death one year ago was the key to making an arrest in the case, police announced Thursday.

Breon Glenn, 24, was arrested in Taylor County and charged with the November 2008 shooting death of 27-year-old Ben LaComb.

Police said LaComb and another man went to the 400 block of Sunshine Street to buy drugs. When Glenn pulled out a gun to rob them and the two men started to drive away, police said Glenn dove into the car and fired two shots a LaComb.

Police said Glenn dropped his cigar in the car before he ran from the scene. DNA analysis of the saliva on the cigar led them to Glenn.

Lesson Learned: Don't smoke and rob dope.

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