Crime | weird crimes Guy Escapes Prison, Gets Captured at Taco Bell Shalom Mendoza was on the run for days By Evann Gastaldo Posted Dec 30, 2018 5:33 AM CST Copied This Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) shows Shalom Mendoza after his capture in Paso Robles, Calif. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP) Shalom Mendoza escaped from California's San Quentin State Prison by walking away from his prison work crew Wednesday night. After nearly three days on the run, authorities caught him and took him back into custody Saturday afternoon ... at a Taco Bell. Mendoza, 21, had been spotted at other locations around northern San Luis Obispo County before a witness at the Paso Robles Taco Bell tipped police off to his whereabouts, per a press release. Mendoza is believed to have carjacked a woman's vehicle Wednesday; a vehicle matching its description was found abandoned near Paso Robles Friday, NBC Bay Area reports. Read These Next Freak accident kills a woman as she cleans her car. Mike Johnson is taking heat over a Democrat's delayed swearing-in. It landed on the 4th try. There wasn't enough fuel for a 5th. California governor candidate's testy interview raises eyebrows. Report an error