# Mugshots can tell you a lot... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335 "2012-01-31T19:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/1 "2012-01-31T19:56:56Z")
Just checking out the ol’ Oregon mugshots, so I know who to watch out for on the streets. [http://pdxmugshots.com/](http://pdxmugshots.com/) Here are a few conclusions I have come to (mind you, this is not scientific, but probably in every way correct): -People with big neck tattoos are up to no good. -Meth is, truly, a hell of a drug. -If they look like a housewife out to get groceries, it’s definitely DUI. -I’m not sure why we even have parole and probation considering the number of people that violate it. -I keep reading about the number of minorities in jail, but damn there’s a lot of white people getting arrested. Maybe it’s an Oregon thing. -People with big smiles in their mugshots scare the hell out of me. -Meth is, truly, a hell of a drug. -There are a lot of fiction novels and movies about master criminals with high IQ’s…these people are not those criminals. What’s your take? Am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/2 "2012-01-31T21:32:33Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > -If they look like a housewife out to get groceries, it’s definitely DUI. I dunno, [this one](http://pdxmugshots.com/mug/christina-l-tenny) looks kinda housewife-y and her charge was identity theft. ---
**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 31, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/3 "2012-01-31T21:39:11Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I dunno, [this one](http://pdxmugshots.com/mug/christina-l-tenny) looks kinda housewife-y and **her charge was identity theft.** How do we know if that’s she really looks like? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/4 "2012-01-31T22:20:22Z")
Oh, I forgot one: -Never click on one because you think they’re sort of hot, you’re bound to be disappointed when you see why they were arrested (Neglect/abuse of animals/children, violation of restraining order, etc) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/5 "2012-01-31T22:24:15Z")
not a bad looking group of public miscreants, if I don’t say so myself! ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/6 "2012-02-01T02:28:53Z")
A very low percentage of these people (and I kind of got distracted by this exercise for a while, so I looked at a lot of 'em) look anywhere near normal to me. Most of them scream crazy or profoundly stupid. A very high percentage of these people are obviously hygiene challenged. That’s all I got so far. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/7 "2012-02-01T02:32:18Z")
[This](http://pdxmugshots.com/mug/lawrence-robert-cartney) one cracked me right up, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/8 "2012-02-01T02:45:53Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > Just checking out the ol’ Oregon mugshots, so I know who to watch out for on the streets. > > [http://pdxmugshots.com/](http://pdxmugshots.com/) > -People with big neck tattoos are up to no good. Florida’s site let’s you tag the mugshots…take a look at our illustrated/incarcerated folks: [http://florida.arrests.org/TattedUp/](http://florida.arrests.org/TattedUp/) Other tags include: Beat Up Celebrity Handicap Grills Hair Hunks Hotties Scary Tatted up Transgender Wino WTF Quite entertaining… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/9 "2012-02-01T03:17:14Z")
Damn that’s a lot of messed up looking people. > [@Mixolydian](#): > > Florida’s site let’s you tag the mugshots…take a look at our > illustrated/incarcerated folks: > > [http://florida.arrests.org/TattedUp/](http://florida.arrests.org/TattedUp/) > > Other tags include: > > Beat Up > Celebrity > Handicap > Grills > Hair > Hunks > Hotties > Scary > Tatted up > Transgender > Wino > WTF > > Quite entertaining… [Oh my.](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Alana_Inda_5924341/) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/10 "2012-02-01T03:58:52Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > -I keep reading about the number of minorities in jail, but damn there’s a lot of white people getting arrested. Maybe it’s an Oregon thing. Portland is 76 percent white. Oregon is 84 percent white. Blacks account for 6 percent in Portland and 2 percent state-wide. [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41/4159000.html](http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41/4159000.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/11 "2012-02-01T04:09:19Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Damn that’s a lot of messed up looking people. > > [Oh my.](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Alana_Inda_5924341/) I wondered what ol’ [Balok](http://www.startrek.com/database_article/balok) had been up to lately…hard times I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/12 "2012-02-01T04:30:11Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Florida’s site let’s you tag the mugshots…take a look at our > illustrated/incarcerated folks: > > [http://florida.arrests.org/TattedUp/](http://florida.arrests.org/TattedUp/) > > Other tags include: > > Beat Up > Celebrity > Handicap > Grills > Hair > Hunks > Hotties > Scary > Tatted up > Transgender > Wino > WTF > > Quite entertaining… [WTF](http://florida.arrests.org/tagged.php?flag=WTF) is even scarier, especially the [62-year-old white guy with the Mike Tyson facial tattoo.](http://florida.arrests.org/search.php?fname=John&fpartial=True&lname=Cotton&minage=62&maxage=62&sex=&startdate=&enddate=&county=&chargecode=&Search=Search) ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/13 "2012-02-01T04:34:50Z")
[Ouch.](http://pdxmugshots.com/mug/brandon-lamssies) Charges: BURGLARY II (C Felony) It looks like he hit someone in the fist with his face. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/14 "2012-02-01T05:34:52Z")
I the jaunty angle on [this guy](http://pdxmugshots.com/yamhill-county/mug/matthew-john-appello)’s mohawk. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/15 "2012-02-01T05:40:12Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Damn that’s a lot of messed up looking people. > > [Oh my.](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Alana_Inda_5924341/) Yeah, that transgender tag offers a gallery of reasons why bargain basement prices are a bad idea when shopping for plastic surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/16 "2012-02-01T06:01:48Z")
[Surprisingly, not a DUI bust.](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Gregory_Browning_5867696/) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/17 "2012-02-01T06:05:58Z")
Oh jeez. One more. You remember those velvet paintings of big, sad eyed children that were popular in the seventies? You, know, [this shit?](http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.160377273.jpg) [Here’s what happened to one of them when they grew up.](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Maureen_Mojave_5862575/) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/18 "2012-02-01T07:25:25Z")
[…the hell?](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Amanda_Raymond_5716981/) Do I even want to know? :eek: Wow, I think I found the [grandson](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Christopher_Gibson_5684832/)of one of [these guys](http://jdoe.fstudio.com/images/inbred.jpg)! [Why even take a mugshot?](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Lafleur_Mohamed_5650561/) Why not to tattoo yourself in a [mirror](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Jesse_Russell_5895056/). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/19 "2012-02-01T08:14:41Z")
Question – what is “COUNTY HOLD”? Here’s a good one from [mugshots.com](http://mugshots.com/Current-Events/Travis-Williams.html). Dude, you don’t use Monopoly money to snort coke. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335/20 "2012-02-01T08:24:42Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Damn that’s a lot of messed up looking people. > > [Oh my.](http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Alana_Inda_5924341/) Surgical mask around the neck - that is a pretty boss style, I must say. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mugshots-can-tell-you-a-lot/611335.md?page=2)