A burglar who targeted four properties within a few hours left a fingerprint at one of the crime scenes. Joel Paris, 23, was linked to a series of burglaries which took place on the morning of September 21 last year at homes in Hyson Green, Nottingham.
Paris first struck at an address in Brushfield Street, where he broke in through a kitchen window and stole medication between 5am and 7am that day. A few doors away, he entered another home and took cash, bank cards and rucksack full of school books, which were later found dumped in a nearby garden.
Paris then broke into a garage in nearby Gregory Boulevard and stole a bicycle, before attempting to break into another home in the same street through a window. Forensics and CCTV footage linked Joel Paris to the series of incidents.
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Detectives were able to forensically link Paris to the scene of the garage raid after he left a fingerprint on a wall. He was also identified from CCTV footage due to the distinctive trainers and a beanie hat he was wearing.
Paris, of Radford Road, New Basford, was put behind bars for three years when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday, February 9. He had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary of a dwelling, one of attempted burglary of a dwelling and one of burglary of a non-dwelling.
Detective Constable David Thornton, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Burglaries are extremely unpleasant, invasive crimes and it is always good news to put an offender behind bars.
“We carried out a very thorough investigation which forensically linked Paris to the scene of one of his break-ins and CCTV also helped us to charge him with these four offences. This is exactly why the force has two teams of detectives, for both city and county, working exclusively on locking up burglars like Paris, preventing burglaries in the first place and supporting victims.”
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