Jury acquits man despite DNA evidence

URBANA – A Champaign County jury Friday acquitted a former Champaign man of breaking into a Champaign home more than a year ago.

William E. Tyler, 39, had been charged with residential burglary to a home in the 500 block of South Willis Avenue on Feb. 13, 2006.

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