Bail denied ‘career thief’

A Sauk Village teen who police call a “career thief” was ordered held without bail on felony burglary charges filed after DNA testing link him to blood found on a broken window at a 2009 burglary.

Henry Johnson, 18, was charged Friday with felony residential burglary, Chicago police said.

Johnson is alleged to have broken into a residence in the 6500 block of South Hoyne in the Englewood neighborhood on March 30, 2009, police said.

The homeowner later found $7,000 worth of electronics and jewelry missing, police said. Evidence technicians gathered blood found on a broken rear window, which indicated a positive DNA match for Johnson, police said.

Johnson has a history of arrests for burglary and theft, police said. He is serving a sentence for a separate residential burglary in the 1400 block of West 63rd Street on April 2, 2009.

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