Crime | weird crimes Intruder Foiled by Hair From Beard DNA matches a suspect in December case By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Dec 16, 2014 11:17 AM CST Copied In this undated photo provided by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office in Oriskany, NY, 54-year-old Leon Tennant is shown. (Uncredited) Police say a suspect was caught by a whisker when DNA from his beard hair led to his arrest. Sheriff's deputies in upstate New York say an intruder armed with a knife had confronted a woman in her home in Vienna last December but the woman grabbed his beard before he fled; a hair sample was sent for DNA testing. Oneida County deputies say it was linked to 54-year-old Leon Tennant in October. Last week, Tennant was released from jail in another county on an unrelated offense then transported to Vienna for arraignment on a first-degree burglary charge. Deputies said Saturday they're asking anyone who knows more about Tennant to contact them. He is being held without bail. Read These Next A big shake-up at the top of Ben and Jerry's hierarchy. The woman whose review of her local Olive Garden went viral has died. Trump to reporter: 'Maybe they'll have to go after you.' Publishers Clearing House's 'forever' prizes were a lie. Report an error