DNA helps catch burglary suspect

HILLSDALE -- A DNA sample led police to the burglar who robbed a deli six months ago, authorities said.

Thomas Hurban, 55, who police say is a career criminal from Freehold, is being charged with theft and burglary of the Wilkes Deli on Hillsdale Avenue, said Detective Robert Francaviglia.

Hurban had pried open a metal door with a tire iron and cut himself, police said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Office removed the blood for DNA processing.

Hurban stole 22 cartons of cigarettes and sold them, police said.