James Biela

RENO, Nev. (AP) – A Reno judge has denied a defense motion to prohibit use of DNA evidence at the trial of a man accused of killing a young Reno woman and raping two others. In a ruling Monday, Washoe District Judge Robert Perry said crime lab technicians didn’t act in bad faith when samples collected from a crime scene were exhausted to develop a DNA profile of James Biela. Biela’s lawyer had argued there was no way to independently verify the crime lab’s findings and... Read Full Story

[Print]   [Email]          RENO, NEV. — A Reno judge has denied a defense motion to prohibit use of DNA evidence at the trial of a man accused of killing a young Reno woman and raping two others. In a ruling Monday, Washoe District Judge Robert Perry said crime lab technicians didn’t act in bad faith when samples collected from a crime scene... Read Full Story

RENO, Nev. (AP) – In July 2002, James Michael Biela was arrested on charges of assaulting an ex-girlfriend with a knife during a drunken rage in Reno. After that, he had no documented run-ins with law enforcement until November 2008, when he was arrested in a string of violent, unsolved serial crimes in Reno, including the rapes of two college women and the rape and strangulation of Brianna Denison, 19. Officials say DNA links him to a December 2007 rape and the Denison... Read Full Story

from FoxNews.com Police arrested a man on murder and other charges who is believed to be connected to the kidnapping and killing of Reno teenager Brianna Denison. Local affiliate KRNV-TV confirmed that James Biela, 27, was arrested late Tuesday, booked at the Washoe County Jail and charged with murder, first-degree kidnapping and sexual assault. Reno police wouldn't immediately disclose whether Biela's capture was related to the Denison case, according to the station. Investigators will hold... Read Full Story

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