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Fingerprint left in Play-Doh leads to shoplifting suspect

May 09, 2018
This undated photo released by the Leicester Police Department shows a fingerprint left in a hunk of Play-Doh that led them to a shoplifting suspect at a Walmart store. The suspect used the malleable clay-like toy in an apparent attempt to neutralize several electronic anti-theft devices. - AP
This undated photo released by the Leicester Police Department shows a fingerprint left in a hunk of Play-Doh that led them to a shoplifting suspect at a Walmart store. The suspect used the malleable clay-like toy in an apparent attempt to neutralize several electronic anti-theft devices. - AP



LEICESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts police department says a fingerprint left in a hunk of Play-Doh led them to a shoplifting suspect. Leicester police responded to Walmart on April 11 after an employee found several electronic anti-theft devices that had been covered in the malleable clay-like toy in an apparent attempt to neutralize them. The attempt to disable the spider-wrap devices failed, and the suspect had fled. He did, however, leave a fingerprint impression in the Play-Doh. Police announced Wednesday the Connecticut Forensics Laboratory helped find a match for the print. Police charged 55-year-old Dennis Jackson with unlawful removal of an anti-theft device. Police say he has a long criminal record and faces arrest warrants in at least two other states. - AP


May 09, 2018
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