Tuna and cheese cracker vomit that was left at the scene of a botched home burglary has led to the arrest of a Limestone County man, authorities said.

James White (Limestone County Sheriff)

James Marlon White was arrested after a DNA analysis linked him to the pile of vomit that was left at the scene of a March 16 burglary on the 14000 block of Section Line Road. White is a 35-year-old from Elkmont.

The home owner caught White in his house and confronted the suspect in the hallway. The suspect was holding a gun he found inside the home. White dropped the gun and ran out through the basement, "vomiting tuna fish and cheese crackers," sheriff's spokesman Stephen Young said.

"The vomit was submitted to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for DNA testing," Young said in a news release. "On Thursday, test results confirmed known-burglar James Marlon white to be the suspect in the burglary."

Investigators contacted White and asked him to come in for an interview. He was charged and booked into the Limestone County Jail on a second-degree burglary charge with bail set at $10,000. If convicted of the Class B felony, he faces up to 20 years in prison.