UPDATE: KETTERING-- Police said the man who attacked a woman last week at a shopping plaza, remains at large.
DNA has cleared charges against a Dayton man accused of kidnapping and sexual assault.
Kettering Officer Ron Roberts said DNA testing proved that Joseph M. Budz, 49, is no longer their suspect in the abduction of a woman in the Big Lots parking lot, last week on Wilmington Pike.
"The DNA taken from the scene did not match his DNA." He said.
Budz was arrested last week after being stopped for jaywalking. A Kettering officer noticed Budz's resemblance to the police artist's sketch of the suspect from the assault.
After police took Budz into custody, the victim of the assault picked Budz out of a line up. He was booked into jail on charges of kidnapping, gross sexual imposition and felony theft.
Those charges have been dropped.
Budz remains in jail on an outstanding warrant unrelated to the abduction and assault case.
The DNA collected at the scene will now go into a nationwide data base, in hopes to arrest the correct suspect.
"We want the right man behind bars." Roberts said.
KETTERING -- The man suspected in a January 26 sexual assault who was picked up while jaywalking has been cleared of those charges after investigators say DNA evidence wasn't a match.
The DNA sample they have of the suspect now will be submitted to the state for possible matches.
Joseph M. Budz, 49, of Dayton was arrested by Kettering Police about midnight Tuesday, after officers said he was jaywalking on East Dorothy Lane near Bobbie Place.
The arresting officer reportedly noticed Budz resembled the suspect sketch that Kettering Police had released.
He was jailed on kidnapping, gross sexual imposition and felony theft charges.
January 29 coverage:
Police Arrest Man They Say Abducted, Sexually Assaulted Woman
DNA has cleared charges against a Dayton man accused of kidnapping and sexual assault.
Kettering Officer Ron Roberts said DNA testing proved that Joseph M. Budz, 49, is no longer their suspect in the abduction of a woman in the Big Lots parking lot, last week on Wilmington Pike.
"The DNA taken from the scene did not match his DNA." He said.
Budz was arrested last week after being stopped for jaywalking. A Kettering officer noticed Budz's resemblance to the police artist's sketch of the suspect from the assault.
After police took Budz into custody, the victim of the assault picked Budz out of a line up. He was booked into jail on charges of kidnapping, gross sexual imposition and felony theft.
Those charges have been dropped.
Budz remains in jail on an outstanding warrant unrelated to the abduction and assault case.
The DNA collected at the scene will now go into a nationwide data base, in hopes to arrest the correct suspect.
"We want the right man behind bars." Roberts said.
KETTERING -- The man suspected in a January 26 sexual assault who was picked up while jaywalking has been cleared of those charges after investigators say DNA evidence wasn't a match.
The DNA sample they have of the suspect now will be submitted to the state for possible matches.
Joseph M. Budz, 49, of Dayton was arrested by Kettering Police about midnight Tuesday, after officers said he was jaywalking on East Dorothy Lane near Bobbie Place.
The arresting officer reportedly noticed Budz resembled the suspect sketch that Kettering Police had released.
He was jailed on kidnapping, gross sexual imposition and felony theft charges.
January 29 coverage:
Police Arrest Man They Say Abducted, Sexually Assaulted Woman
