Robbing a supermarket near Madera turned “Rabbit” into the “Safeway Bandit.” Already wanted for the escape, Kendrick racked up another ten felony charges in the two weeks he was at large. They ended with an eleventh charge—the first-degree murder of a police officer. The Safeway Bandit had become a cop-killer; soon, he would return to San Quentin a condemned cop-killer.
Murders, Mysteries and Misdemeanors in Southern California – due out on May 24.
Some are well-remembered, others long forgotten, but all have their own place in California's chronicles of crime.