California Roadkill Database

California Roadkill Database

Find out what's been run over in the past 90 days. There's even a roadkill photo gallery. The site is maintained by UC Davis researchers who use it to track the movement of species throughout the state.

 

California Man Painted Himself Black to Evade Cops — It Didn't Work

 

                        A California man remained in jail Wednesday on charges of auto theft and violating probation, according to court records — which show in vivid booking photos that he'd spray-painted himself black to avoid the cops.        

"The camouflage was ineffective," police said.

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Jose Espinoza, 23, was held on $35,000 bond after his arrest Saturday in Madera, northeast of Fresno, according to the Madera County Corrections Department.

Jail booking photos confirm what Madera police said in a deadpan Facebook post:

"Last night Jose Espinoza fled from a stolen car. Officers arrested Jose later in the evening after he fled a second time. This time Jose spray painted his face black in an effort to camouflage himself. The camouflage was ineffective."

   Madera County, California, Department of Corrections

Jose Espinoza in a booking photo.