Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that series.
Arrested: 11/11
Charges: Third-degree grand theft
Tracy Chapman could write a song about this mugshot in about three minutes flat, and it would win a Grammy.
Arrested: 11/13
Charges: Not listed
MTV Spring Break 2000 never ended for this guy. For the past 13 years, he's been sitting inside his modded Honda Civic, blaring "The Thong Song," and asking anyone who walks by if they'd be willing to participate in a "triple kiss."
Arrested: 11/12
Charges: Organized fraud, third-degree grand theft
Man, it's tough to be a teen. First thing you know, the 'rents are on your case about how Slipknot is a bad influence. Then, suddenly, they're right.
Arrested: 11/13
Charges: Not listed
How many times do you have to get your mugshot taken to know the exact second you're able to get away with this? (The answer is apparenly only once if you're this guy.)
Arrested: 11/10
Charges: Disorderly intoxication
When life gives you lemons, make this face.
Arrested: 11/12
Charges: Carrying a concealed weapon, cocaine possession
Late at night when all the world is dreaming/I sit up and dream of you/And i wish on a star/That somewhere you are thinking of me too.
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