Fla. jail’s tattoo database provides agencies more tools to ID
By: Tony Holt, The News-Journal
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Tattoos tell a unique story.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he has seen tattoos reveal everything from familial ties to someone’s hatred of law enforcement.
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He remembers serving a search warrant on a guy who had a portrait of a tree painted on his back — with a sheriff’s deputy hanging from one of the branches.
