Burglary suspect arrested after lab returns DNA analysis results

An analysis of DNA evidence obtained after a burglary last January implicated a suspect who has been arrested and charged with burglary and theft.

Logan Andrew Shaw

Logan Andrew Shaw, 23, Crane, was arrested by Indiana State Police Trooper Benjamin Smith last Thursday, May 21, on a warrant that’s been out for Shaw’s arrest since May 18.

The warrant was issued after a lengthy investigation led by Deputy Zachary Goad of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, assisted by other GCSD deputies.

Deputy Goad was dispatched to a residence on County Road 275 South in the Bloomfield area after a neighbor reported a suspected burglary was in progress around 9 p.m. on January 6. A truck was at the residence and neighbors thought someone was stealing items while the resident was in the hospital.

When Deputy Goad arrived, along with Deputies David Elmore and Michael Coy, the truck was gone and they didn’t find signs of forced entry although the door to an attached garage was unlocked.

While they were there, they talked to the neighbor and another man who saw the truck. Although it was unclear exactly what had occurred, apparently when the suspects in the truck left, a couple of items fell out of the truck as well as a person. When the men asked him who he was, he identified himself only as “Logan” before he began running down the road.

Deputy Goad photographed and collected the items that had fallen out of the truck, a battery charger that the resident later identified as belonging to him, and a small flashlight. The handle of the battery charger and the flashlight were swabbed for DNA.

Deputy Goad then talked to numerous people including the resident and a friend who helps him around the house, tracked down leads and interviewed more people.

By January 15, Deputy Goad was attempting to interview Logan Shaw at the sheriff’s department while Shaw was in jail in connection with a different unrelated incident. Shaw did not want to speak to him.

A search warrant for a sample of Shaw’s DNA was approved and although Shaw had been released from jail, Deputy Goad and Sgt. Pierce located him on January 22 and collected Shaw’s DNA on swabs that were sent to a lab for analysis.

Deputy Goad received the results back from the ISP Lab on May 3. The analysis showed it was highly likely that there was DNA on the handle of the battery charger and also on the flashlight that belonged to Shaw.

Charges were filed in Greene Circuit Court and the warrant was issued.

Shaw’s bond was set at $16,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. As of Wednesday night, he had not yet posted bond and remained in jail.

When Shaw appeared in Circuit Court for an initial hearing on Tuesday, May 26, he was formally charged with: Burglary of a dwelling, a Level 4 felony, and theft, a Class A misdemeanor.