A 36-year-old man faces chargedwas arrested for a burglary at a Linden home that occurred nearly a year ago.
Jovany Infante, 36, was arrested in Essex County on a warrant charging him with breaking into a Linden home nearly a year ago, and cutting himself on a broken window, leaving traces of blood that police used as evidence to link him to the crime, authorities said. (Linden Police Department) LINDEN -- A city man who had eluded police for months is now being held in the Union County jail following his arrest for a burglary at a North Stiles Street home that was broken into nearly a year ago.
Jovany Infante, 36, of Linden, was arrested in Essex County and turned over to city police, Linden police Capt. James Sarnicki said in a statement Tuesday.
On May 19, 2015, police responded to a break-in alarm at a North Stiles Street home and found a broken window, Sarnicki said.
Officers found blood drops at the scene and recovered enough to send a sample to the Union County Prosecutor's Forensic Lab in Westfield for DNA testing, the captain said.
Last January, police Detective Michael Burnette obtained an arrest warrant for Infante, and Infante was contacted and agreed to surrender to investigators accompanied by his attorney, according to Sarnicki.
However, instead to turning himself in, Infante fled and eluded police for nearly three months, until the Essex County Sheriff's Department apprehended him, the captain said.
Details of exactly where and when Infante was arrested were not immediately available.
Infante is being held at the jail on $25,000 bail, pending a court appearance.
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