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 Rubio says the fate of Iran's conversion facility is what matters. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Fan who taunted Ketel Marte's mom has been banned by MLB. NJ lifeguard survives after being impaled by an umbrella. Report an error