Fingerprint left in Play-Doh leads to shoplifting suspect in Massachusetts

[TexasTowelie]

LEICESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts police department says a fingerprint left in a hunk of Play-Doh led them to a shoplifting suspect.

Leicester police responded to Walmart on Dec. 11 after an employee found several electronic anti-theft devices that had been covered in the malleable clay-like toy in an apparent attempt to neutralize them.

The attempt to disable the spider-wrap devices failed, and the suspect had fled.

He did, however, leave a fingerprint impression in the Play-Doh.

Police announced Monday the Connecticut Forensics Laboratory helped find a match for the print.

Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/02/massachusetts-play-doh-fingerprint-shoplifting/

[Xipe Totec]

1. Doh!

[CentralMass]

2. Small world. I lived nearby that location for many years before I moved out state.

The site was previously farm land. The owner of the farm also owned and ran a Drive-In Movie Theater across the street that is still open. The family raised and sold sweet corn that they sold from a stand front of their farm house.