Parolee accused of skinning raccoon in S. Tahoe
A parolee and registered sex offender was arrested Monday in South Lake Tahoe with blood on his hands from allegedly skinning a raccoon in the middle of town.
Police officers said Kevin Burroughs, 37, ran from them when they approached him in the city owned open lot across from Sno-Flake Drive-In on Harrison Avenue.
Kevin Burroughs
Burroughs ran, but was subsequently caught at the baseball fields next to South Tahoe Middle School.
The knife has not been recovered.
The dead raccoon was disposed of by Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
Burroughs had a felony warrant for being a parolee at-large.
He was booked on a Fish and Wildlife Department charge of possessing a creature unlawfully taken, and penal code charges of resisting arrest, failing to register as a sex offender, a sex registrant on school grounds and parolee at-large.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Hungry, or just a fetish? Or, perhaps, a fetish, or merely hungry? Tanning the hide is a possibility, but it takes a lot of raccoons to make something useful. I realize that they have five fingers, or perhaps toes, but making a pair (or two) of gloves from one seems a bit of a stretch.
Still, South Lake Tahoe, a few naïve residents notwithstanding, always has its share of remarkably weird folks.
Nevertheless, a sex-offender, skinning a raccoon, is worthy of some notice. Get on the computer, Kae, this could put LTN on the journalism map.
Just happened to notice that South Tahoe NOW has him skinning the raccoon “after” the foot chase. So there’s a good chance that it was some sort of religious sacrifice; perhaps some sort of atonement of forgiveness for the arresting officers. Didn’t mean to offend anyone; sorry all.
I love that he ran to a school field and that’s where they ended up catching him. He can’t be that smart of a guy since to evade police he ran to the worst place possible for a sex offender. At least they caught him, so now he can be a REGISTERED Sex Offender and show up on Megans List for all to see.
I feel bad for the raccoon but at least it’s life wasn’t in vain. It got this scum bag out of Tahoe and hopefully back in jail where he can worry about picking up dropped soap. Loser.
Scary looking loser, glad he is off the streets. Krazy-eyed raccoon killah…
What’s the problem with skinning a raccoon? I mean, I’m glad they got the weirdo outta here, but good on him for killing one of those varmints. There’s a dozen or so in my neighborhood that need skinning too. Mean ones that aren’t afraid of man nor beast, that terrorize dogs, kids and cause more litter in Al Tahoe than the vacation rentals.