Cops: Woman linked to burglary through DNA

A West Babylon woman was charged Monday with burglary after being linked through DNA to blood found at the crime scene, Nassau police said.

Michelle Cimetta, 48, broke the rear bedroom window in a Wantagh house around midnight on Oct. 2, authorities said.

The house was empty because the resident had recently died, police said, but a witness heard the glass shattering and called police.

Detectives took a sample of blood found inside the bedroom, police said.

The results were compared to existing DNA records, and detectives concluded the blood belonged to Cimetta, police said.

Police said Cimetta took jewelry from the house and fled before officers arrived.

She was arrested at Allen Park in Farmingdale Monday and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on second-degree burglary, a felony, at First District Court in Hempstead.

In New York State, anyone convicted of a felony or one of 36 misdemeanors under the penal code must provide a DNA sample.

But recently, there's been a campaign by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and law enforcement officials to expand the DNA database, a move they say would help solve more crimes.

They want to require blood samples to be collected from anyone convicted of all the other remaining misdemeanors under the penal code and any felony under other state laws.

These could include felony driving while intoxicated under traffic laws, aggravated animal cruelty under the agriculture laws and prescription drug offenses under the public health laws.

This expansion would require state legislative action.