COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — An Englewood man admitted to burglarizing homes — just not the one he's charged with, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Gerald Gushiniere, 24, was arrested this week after state labs matched his DNA to blood found on the scene of a 2014 Burnside burglary, according to an arrest report.
Gushiniere told officers, "he was doing burglaries [at the time], but doesn't remember this particular house," Assistant State's Attorney Erin Antonietti said during a bond hearing Tuesday.
The home in the 9000 block of South Drexel Avenue was broken into on March 29, 2014, court records show.
Someone broke a window and stole several items — but not before leaving behind blood stains on a kitchen wall, according to the arrest report.
Blood samples were handed off to state labs, which concluded in a January 2016 report that the blood belonged to Gushiniere, the arrest report said. His DNA was on hand following earlier drug and burglary convictions.
When the Burnside homeowner was shown a photo of Gushiniere, he told police he didn't recognize the man and had never given him permission to enter his home, authorities said.
Gushiniere, of the 6300 block of South Claremont Avenue, is charged with residential burglary.
His public defender on Tuesday said Gushiniere works in construction as a laborer.
Cook County Judge James Brown on Tuesday ordered Gushiniere held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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