DNA links suspect to 2013 Jupiter home burglary, police say

When Boynton Beach police arrested Anthony Gallo on a drug-related crime Tuesday, they say they also found the man who stole $2,200 worth of goods from a Jupiter home more than a year ago.

Gallo had left blood and fingerprints behind during last year's break-in, enabling authorities to link him to the 2013 burglary, according to Jupiter police.

In last year's incident, Jupiter police arrived at the house after a reported burglary was called in. The report said that officers at the scene found blood around a shattered window.

One of the residents of the house told officers that a laptop, cuff links, a Cartier watchband and pills from two bottles of Xanax were missing, the report said.

Blood, fingerprints on pieces of broken glass from the window, as well as hair, were left behind. The evidence was sent to a lab for DNA testing.

On March 14, the lab sent a completed analysis back to the police department, which matched the DNA left at the home to Gallo, the report said.

Officers said they couldn't locate Gallo at his last known address. The report also said his brother and sister-and-law told officers they hadn't seen Gallo in a year.

That changed on Tuesday when an officer patrolling the Boynton Beach Mall saw Gallo sitting on a bench inside the mall sorting through a bottle of various sized prescription pills. Officers said he didn't have a valid prescription for the pills.

Gallo's name was flagged after he was arrested Tuesday. According to the arrest report, officers found that there was an outstanding warrant for the 29-year-old's arrest on burglary and grand theft charges.

Gallo is being held in the Palm Beach County jail in exchange for $20,000 bail on counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, burglary and grand theft.

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DNA links suspect to 2013 Jupiter home burglary, police say