# Early contender for mug shot of the year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749 "2015-01-02T05:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/21 "2015-01-03T16:10:59Z")
That’s not a mug shot. [This](http://www.adn.com/article/20150102/man-who-shot-anchorage-officer-gets-22-years-prison) is a mug shot. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/22 "2015-01-03T16:17:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > That’s not a mug shot. [This](http://www.adn.com/article/20150102/man-who-shot-anchorage-officer-gets-22-years-prison) is a mug shot. > [@](#): > > Barnum has a nickname, “Eyeball,” from a tattoo that darkens the white of his right eye. How the _hell_ do you stay still for an eyeball tattoo? And where do you find an eye surgeon who also does tattoos? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/23 "2015-01-05T08:16:01Z")
[_This_ is a mug shot.](http://rlv.zcache.com/richard_nixon_mug-rbf35c3236a044062b632f51f30c767d3_x7jgr_8byvr_324.jpg) As for the guy in the OP’s link – \ Looks like something straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/24 "2015-01-05T12:27:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > No, but [someone blamed Obama for a murder](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205337404065202&set=gm.938085159542727&type=1&theater). Seems if gas prices weren’t so low, the guy wouldn’t have driven [15 hours to kill his girlfriend](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/man_drives_15_hours_on_christm.html). > > Poe’s law in effect here. **Johnny L.A.** , what’s Poe’s law? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/25 "2015-01-05T12:39:17Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > **Johnny L.A.** , what’s Poe’s law? > **[Poe's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law)** > > Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views. > Poe's law is based on a comment written by Nathan Poe in 2005 on christianforums.com, an Internet forum on Christianity. The message was posted during a debate on creationism, where a previous poster had remarked to another user: "Good thing you included the wi... ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/26 "2015-01-05T13:25:20Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > [Poe's law - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law) Thanks, **Chiroptera**. That’s interesting, though I confess I was hoping for something more nevermore-ish. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/27 "2015-01-06T19:46:26Z")
I knew who this was going to be about so I didn’t need to open the pic. I ended up unfollowing the local news station on FB because I got sick of seeing the huge creepy mugshot in my feed. I tried to hide the post from my feed but facebook decided that meant I wanted to be notified everytime someone posted to it and be flooded with tons of tiny thumbnail pics of creepy dude, so I unfollowed the station. For what it’s worth, the guy is schizophrenic. He didn’t kill his mother with an axe because he lives in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/28 "2015-01-06T20:31:10Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [This guy](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-charged-decapitating-mom-ax-n278076) cut off his mothers head with an axe. Because she nagged him. > > Not much to say but that mug shot is priceless. Looks like the photographer told him “Say cheeeese!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/29 "2015-01-06T20:42:52Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > For what it’s worth, the guy is schizophrenic. He didn’t kill his mother with an axe because he lives in Florida. In this day and age, many feel that blaming someone for actions due to mental illness is wrong. It’s still OK to blame Florida. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/30 "2015-01-06T20:51:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Looks like the photographer told him “Say cheeeese!” More like, “Say headcheese,” amirite? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/31 "2015-01-06T21:02:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > That’s not a mug shot. [This](http://www.adn.com/article/20150102/man-who-shot-anchorage-officer-gets-22-years-prison) is a mug shot. Wow - I think you win the thread. > [@running\_coach](#): > > How the _hell_ do you stay still for an eyeball tattoo? > > And where do you find an eye surgeon who also does tattoos? Eyeball tattoo. Two words I never needed to see put together. > [@Wile\_E](#): > > \ > For what it’s worth, the guy is schizophrenic. He didn’t kill his mother with an axe because he lives in Florida. But it didn’t help. Kidding! Just kidding! The pictures in this thread really are creepy and disturbing - I’m glad there are people in the world who work with these individuals so I don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/32 "2015-01-06T21:04:19Z")
Must have been some heavy boxes or a light corpse. Otherwise, it seems like it would have been easier to move than boxes than her body. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/33 "2015-01-06T21:16:31Z")
I think it’s the humidity and the leadership of Jeb [del]Clampett[/del] Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/34 "2015-01-06T21:46:05Z")
Okay, I realize you guys have to amuse yourselves during your long winter nights in your igloos after the stress of the day of trying to get around in the snow and ice. So go ahead and make fun of Florida. I need to go look for my coat since it might get as low as 58 here soon. Brrr! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/35 "2015-01-06T21:56:01Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > …since it might get as low as 58 here soon. Brrr At 2am. For a couple minutes before it starts warming up again. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/36 "2015-01-06T22:13:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How the _hell_ do you stay still for an eyeball tattoo? > > And where do you find an eye surgeon who also does tattoos? A nice [profile shot](http://www.adn.com/article/20120914/hotel-shooting-suspect-admits-crime-spree) of the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Fallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/37 "2015-01-06T22:19:19Z")
This thread is why the site should have a star system like Jezebel where one can “like” certain comments or mark as a “favorite”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/38 "2015-01-06T22:21:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > He looks a lot less crazy than I expected. > > Looks sorta like he’s squatting though. Dumping a deuce as they take your mug shot would be a class thing to do. Demonstrate your disdain for the cops and all. Not to say there might not be “repercussions”. Right – for one thing, your height would be inaccurately recorded. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/39 "2015-01-06T22:22:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A nice [profile shot](http://www.adn.com/article/20120914/hotel-shooting-suspect-admits-crime-spree) of the same guy. Ya know, there’s something to be said for truth in labeling when it comes to dangerous people. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749/40 "2015-01-07T13:58:02Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Okay, I realize you guys have to amuse yourselves during your long winter nights in your igloos after the stress of the day of trying to get around in the snow and ice. So go ahead and make fun of Florida. I need to go look for my coat since it might get as low as 58 here soon. Brrr! > 😛 You must be in the north part of the state. Come on down to the warm part. I live in the little area that’s always orange on the weather map. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-contender-for-mug-shot-of-the-year/708749.md?page=3)