DNA evidence used to arrest Ohio man in old Texas slaying

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say new DNA evidence led to the arrest of an Ohio man whose testimony in a 1986 Texas murder case helped convict another man in the crime.

Fifty-5-year-old Gerald Pabst was once a suspect in the sexual assault and shooting death of Galua Crosby in Garland, Texas.

But prosecutors dropped a murder charge against Pabst, who passed a polygraph test and testified against Clay Chabot.

Chabot was then convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's office says Pabst was arrested Monday at a bar in Geneva-on-the-Lake, about 50 miles east of Cleveland.

Dann says Pabst was extradited to Dallas County where he'll face perjury charges.

Dallas prosecutors are still determining if the DNA evidence exonerates Chabot.