DNA Links Grocery Clerk To Semen Found
In Yogurt Sample Eaten By WomanLaboratory tests have confirmed that semen found in a yogurt sample consumed by a New Mexico
woman matches the DNA of a grocery store employee who was suspected in the tainting case,
according to police.
The results linking Anthony Garcia, 31, to the revolting January 25 incident at Albuquerque?s Sunflower
Farmers Market were received today by investigators, according to Sergeant Trish Hoffman, an Albuquerque
Police Department spokesperson.
Hoffman added that probers are mulling whether to file state or federal charges against Garcia in connection
with the yogurt adulteration.
A January 28 search warrant authorized police to obtain blood and DNA samples from Garcia, who is currently
jailed on unrelated charges. The warrant was secured after it was determined that the yogurt sample tested
positive for ?sperm cells? and saliva.
According to a police report, the female victim, 28, was shopping with her daughter when approached by
a
?pushy? Garcia, who offered her the yogurt sample. After tasting it, the woman immediately thought the
sample tasted ?gross and disgusting? and, cops noted, ?said it tasted like ?semen.??
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