Man accused of burning dead squirrel in Novato – Marin Independent Journal What is with the cops nowadays? Don’t they have real crime to fight?

A 19-year-old man could be facing criminal charges after he was found burning a dead squirrel in Novato, police said. Oscar Josue Arroyo, a Rohnert Park resident, was contacted by Novato police after a witness reported a group of teens behaving suspiciously Monday afternoon on Shady Lane, according to police reports.

Police arrived to find Arroyo holding the smoking carcass at the end of a string or rope, said Novato police Lt. John McCarthy. The squirrel had apparently been struck by a car prior to the burning. “His answer to the officer was, he was just messing around,” McCarthy said. “It was obvious that it had been dead for some time.”

Novato police are sending the case to the district attorney’s office to request a charge of tampering with an animal carcass. Arroyo was not arrested.




  1. sargasso says:

    Tuberculosis.

  2. Jägermeister says:

    And in other news… Christian fundamentalist murder abortion doctor. Fundamentalists rejoice.

  3. Rick's Cafe says:

    Only wimps (or Yankees)eat their roadkill cooked..:)

  4. green says:

    Dig a hole, drop it in, make a mound, plant 1-corn, 1-squash, and a few beans. Oh wait, that’s salmon. Should still work.

  5. BillM says:

    Interesting. I read this as I sit on my patio burning an already dead chicken coated with spices and sitting next to some smoldering mesquite chips. Hope the cops aren’t on the way to grab me!

  6. amodedoma says:

    #5

    Damn, you sure got my mouth to waterin’ – now I gonna have to go eat something ( DEFINITELY NOT ROADKILL!!! )

  7. Olo Baggins of Bywater says:

    Poultry smoked with mesquite? IMO that’s nasty. I used apple to do thighs yesterday.

  8. M0les says:

    I’d like to hear more about that Naughty Lady of Shady Lane that Deano used to tell me about.

  9. ANgry man says:

    This is a god damn disgrace to mankind

  10. Hugh Ripper says:

    At least he wasn’t ‘messing with it’ in an unnatural fashion…

  11. algore says:

    and in other Navoto news, floyd at the barber shop was arrested for not placing the barber shears back into the bottle of disinfectant after he finished cutting Barney’s hair.

  12. Duger says:

    “Hi there, my name is dug. My master made me this collar so I can talk…SQUIRREL!”

  13. Nimby says:

    The citizens of Novato are being well served by their part-time volunteer police officers.

  14. jjstein says:

    Do they actually let those cops have REAL bullets for their sidearms?

  15. BdgBill says:

    Ummm, some sicko who enjoys tying a dead squirrel to a rope and burning it will soon graduate to torturing live animals and perhaps eventually people.

  16. Nimby says:

    #15 – BdgBill – I hereby appoint you to the Dvorak Department of Future Crime.

  17. Dallas says:

    “.. charge of tampering with an animal carcass”??

    Wow. How many arrests were made during Memorial Day BBQ’s?

  18. Patrick says:

    Just another wacky news story from the People’s Republik of Kalifornia. No wonder people & businesses are fleeing it en mass…

  19. Patrick says:

    #17 LOL!

  20. Angel H. Wong says:

    #18

    That explains why Miss California is a Bible thumper instead of the typical slut.

  21. Patrick says:

    # 20 Angel H. Wong said, “That explains why Miss California is a Bible thumper instead of the typical slut.”

    No, it explains why wacko CA libs attacked her for the exact same position that their President has, and don’t attack him. They are, insane.

  22. nats says:

    The police yet again wasting valuable resources and more importantly tax payers money.


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