DNA links man to burglaries

Lafayette police arrested a repeat offender Thursday after the Acadiana Crime Lab allegedly matched his DNA to two separate burglaries dating back to 2003 and 2004.

Police arrested Michael E. Moore, 52, of Lafayette for a simple burglary of an automobile in October 2003 and for a simple burglary of a business in February 2004.

Cpl. Paul Mouton, spokesman for the Lafayette Police Department, said Moore allegedly burglarized Chris' PoBoys on Jefferson Street and then a vehicle on West Grant Street.

Mouton said Acadiana Crime Lab allegedly matched his DNA after entering it into the FBI's Combined DNA Index System, commonly referred to as CODIS.

According to court records, Moore has been arrested at least 13 times for crimes that included forgery, burglary, theft, distribution of cocaine, car theft and robbery.

And nearly half of his charges ended in some form of amended sentence or plea deal that meant less jail time and in some cases fewer felonies on Moore's record.

Some of the arrests include:

A 1994 distribution of cocaine ended in an amended plea of possession of drug paraphernalia, for which he served a six month concurrent sentence, meaning it was served at the same time as another.

A 2004 forgery count was amended to an attempted forgery for which he served a two year concurrent sentence with credit for time served.

Moore is jailed at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on a $70,000 bond.