Angry pooping burglar caught brown-handed with DNA match

A serial burglar stood trial Tuesday for breaking into a Beijing home and, after failing to find anything valuable, leaving a steamy pile of evidence.



"I was in a bad mood after I couldn't find anything worth stealing, so I just took a dump by the bed," Zhang, 39, told a Fangshang court Tuesday.



Zhang was detained after police matched his DNA to the incriminating turd.



Fangshan police said that Zhang had committed 287 area burglaries over four years.



Officers were able to charge Zhang after forensics matched the poop to his DNA sample on file, Beijing Times reported Tuesday.



Zhang was first convicted of theft in 2008 in his native Henan Province, where he served four years behind bars.



After his release, Zhang moved to Beijing and began burglarizing Fangshan district. "Single-story houses were my major targets, especially fancy-looking ones," Zhang told the court, adding, "I spent the stolen money mainly on good meals or watching movies in Internet cafés."



Beijing Times

