Fugitive Burglar Charged with Breaking Into Minnetonka Apartment
Police say Edwin Dale Meaney broke into an apartment in July but left behind DNA evidence that allowed investigators to match him to the crime.
A Minneapolis man has been charged with burglarizing a Minnetonka home in July and leaving behind DNA evidence that allowed police to identify him as a suspect. Edwin Dale Meaney, 59, is charged with second-degree burglary, a felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Minnetonka Police were called to a home in the 10200 block of Greenbrier Road on July 9 to investigate an apartment burglary, according to the criminal complaint. A woman told police that her boyfriend had been out of the country since July 2 and she had come to his apartment to turn on his air conditioning before he returned. When she arrived, she found the front door unlocked with a pry mark on the door latch and another on the door’s outer edge…
