It was 1980-'81, ... and I was booking bands for the George Street Grocery. I heard him play once, and he was great. I always tried to hook Sam up with a band.
It could take weeks, or it could be announced tomorrow. And there's always the chance that they'll say the sample was inconclusive after all this time.
The police have the power to search people's homes, to make arrests, to take blood samples and so forth as long as they have 'probable cause' to suspect that a crime has been committed. That is a fairly low standard.