DNA match leads to rape charges in DeKalb

DeKALB - DNA evidence received this week was used to keep a man in jail on rape charges. Alberto Vasquez, 23, a transient, was in DeKalb County Jail on theft charges and about to be released Monday when DeKalb Police learned his DNA reportedly matched that taken from a woman who was raped last month. Police say Vasquez sexually assaulted a 20-year-old female student between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Aug. 18 in the 1000 block of West Lincoln Highway. The woman reported the incident to police immediately. Police said that Vasquez was in the same area the next day and was bothering some women. Police detained him and took his name, but later released him. Later police learned the two incidents were related. During the course of the investigation, the