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10 Costumed Mugshots for Halloween

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:41:09 +0000

When we get older, Halloween becomes less about accumulating candy and more about letting off some steam and having a good time.

However, the mixture of alcohol and costumes are too much for some adult Halloween revelers to handle and their celebrations run them afoul of the law.

The Funniest Mugshots on the Web

TheFW Staff — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:00:04 +0000

It's very difficult to get a good looking mugshot, which explains why there are so many funny ones out there on the World Wide Web. (Uh, not that we'd know from experience.) The lighting is bad, the cameraman just refuses to snap a pic of your good side. And chances are, the situation that led you to the police station was most likely not easy on the hair.

Take a Delightful Trip to the Past with Mugshot Doppelgangers

Emerald Catron — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:15:11 +0000

Back in the olden days, mugshots were a much more dignified thing. Mostly because everything looks more dignified in sepia (fact). The team behind the Tumblr Mugshot Doppleganger decided to take some notoriously trashy celebrity mugshots and spice them up with that 1920's glamour that makes it seem like there's no way you just crashed into a cop car. Here are some of our favorites.

'MugShot Yourself' Allows You to Be an Old-Timey Criminal

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:02:54 +0000

Get ready because it's about to get creepy up in here with MugShot Yourself.

In an attempt to promote the new BBC series 'Copper,' a website has been developed that takes a photo of you and blends it with vintage mug shots, courtesy of Mark Michaelson's "Least Wanted" collection.

Was an Accused Knife-Wielding Robber Sleep(walk)ing On the Job?

Donald Deane — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:11:16 +0000

A Connecticut man arrested for attempting to rob a woman at knifepoint a while back has come up with an interesting defense — he says he was sleepwalking at the time. We’ve heard of sleep-eating before, but sleep-robbing? That’s a new one. According to reports, 27-year-old Winston Riley flashed a knife and attempted to steal [...]

Does Amanda Bynes Look Like a Living Doll In Her Mug Shot?

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:20:03 +0000

So here’s a tip. If it’s 3 AM and you are driving despite maybe having a few drinks, whatever you do DON’T HIT A COP CAR. Amanda Bynes did, and now the former actress – the 26-year old retired from acting via a Twitter message in 2010 — is facing charges of DUI. A LA [...]

Smile! It's the Best Mugshots of 2011 [PHOTOS]

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:29:50 +0000

The only two pictures people take that are bound to always be bad are driver's license photos and criminal mugshots. Thankfully, the internet is full of only one of them unless there is a hilarious website of driver's license photos that we have yet to find. 2011 had plenty of photo foul-ups in front of [...]

Jimmy Kimmel Presents the Lindsay Lohan Mugshot Mug Collection [VIDEO]

Bob Sassone — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:26:02 +0000

Lindsay Lohan spent a whopping four-and-a-half hours in jail this week for a probation violation. It wasn't her first time in jail, as these funny mugs from last night's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' illustrate.

The Many (Incarcerated) Faces of Lindsay Lohan [Mugshots]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:24:45 +0000

After Lindsay Lohan was taken into custody once again on Wednesday -- this time for a probation violation -- she got a shiny new mugshot to add to her growing collection.

Maybe it's just us, but when your mugshots outnumber your movie posters, maybe it's time to stop calling yourself an actress and just embrace the "outlaw" handle. Hum 'The Wa

Worst Beer Thieves Ever Take Best Mugshots Ever

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:15:32 +0000

Instead of just getting fake IDs like the rest of us, three 19-year-olds from Covina, CA devised a plot to steal two 30-packs of Tecate beer from a local grocery.

According to police, Nicholas Kalscheuer and Nicholas Fiumetto each tried to walk out of the store with a case of the suds. However, a store employee noticed what they were doing and followed the duo, causing Kalscheuer to drop the beer before being detained by store security.

'Amish Eight' Mugshots Go Viral

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:32:43 +0000

Looking ragged and ornery, eight Amish men were booked into the Graves County, Kentucky jail earlier this week for contempt of court after they refused to pay fines releated to not affixing orange safety triangles to their horse and buggies. The men argued that the reflective triangles were too modern, and went against their Mennonite [...]