Crime & Safety

DNA Match Leads Police To Brown Mackie Burglary Suspect

Police said the man stole two laptop computers and $200 cash from the college in Fenton.

A Richmond Heights man faces criminal charges of breaking into a building in and stealing computers.

Myron Whiters, 51, of the 1500 block of Banneker Avenue in Richmond Heights, was charged Aug. 29 with second-degree burglary and felony stealing.

said Whiters smashed a window to enter the building at 2 Soccer Park Road in Fenton and stole two laptop computers valued at $3,500 and $200 cash.

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Police responded to a an alarm sounding at the college and found the broken window. Officers matched DNA from a blood sample found at the scene and matched it to Whiters, according to court documents.

Bond was set at $25,000.

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