Celebrities Mug Shots
Kurt Cobain, arrested by Aberdeen, Washington police in May 1986 and charged with trespassing while intoxicated. Of course, all these not planned photos of celebrities show them in their bad days. In fact, Hollywood stars did not perceive photos taken at the police as humiliation. On the contrary, we can say that the Polaroid police pictures of celebrities caught on the hook of justice, is a kind of trophy. Shot in facade and profile, the stars are often endowed with a mocking smile. Thanks to the website Mugshots.com, we can see the confirmation of this.
Jerry Lee Lewis. November 1, 1976
Legendary musician Jerry Lee Lewis, arrested by Memphis police in November 1976 and charged with public drunkenness and gun possession. Lewis, 41 at the time, was at Graceland waiving around a gun and demanding to see Elvis Presley when a guard called police on The Killer.
Celebrities Mug Shots
James Brown posed for the South Carolina Department of Corrections mug shot in December 1988
James Brown mug shot in December 1988 after a jury found him guilty of aggravated assault, weapons possession, and failure to stop for police. The so-called Godfather of Soul took cops on a drug-fueled car chase between South Carolina and Georgia. Brown, 55 at the time, was sentenced to six years in state prison, but was released on parole after serving just over two years behind bars. David Bowie arrested in upstate New York in March 1976 on a felony pot possession charge
New Kids on the Block member Donnie Wahlberg posed for the above mug shot in March 1991 after Kentucky cops charged him with arsonBrian Hugh Warner (aka Marilyn Manson), charged with criminal sexual conduct after doing the grind on the head of a security guard during a July 2001 concert in suburban DetroitJames Hendrix, arrested at Toronto International Airport airport in May 1969. In particular, after customs inspectors found heroin and hashish in his luggageGuns N’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose, arrested by Arizona cops in February 1998. Charged with verbally abusing an employee of Sky Harbor Airport in PhoenixEagles guitarist Glenn Frey, arrested by Columbus, Ohio cops in May 1973 on drug possession and public intoxication chargesFrank Sinatra, arrested by the Bergen County, New Jersey sheriff in 1938 and charged with carrying on with a married womanBillie Holiday, photographed by Bureau of Prisons officials in May 1947David Crosby, Dallas, 1982. After appearing in criminal courts facing several drugs and weapons charges, Crosby spent nine months in Texas prisons. The drug charges stemmed from charges related to possession of heroin and cocaineJohnny Cash, arrested in October 1965 when U.S. Customs agents found hundreds of pep pills and tranquilizers in his luggageSteven Tyler, front-man of rock group Aerosmith. Arrested in May 1967 (he was 18/19 years old) in Yonkers, New York for possession of MarijuanaSid Vicious, bassist for the Sex Pistols, arrested by New York police for the October 1978 murder of girlfriend Nancy SpungenMorrisonJim Morrison, arrested for 1969 Miami concert incident. While attending Florida State University, police arrested Morrison for a prank, following a home football gameJanis Joplin, arrested On November 15, 1969 in Florida, on charges of disorderly conduct after she insulted a police officerJohn Osbourne (aka Ozzy Osbourne) was arrested by Memphis cops in May 1984 and charged with public intoxicationThe lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, Scott Weiland, arrested in November 2001 and charged with battering his wifeMick Jagger posed for this mug shot in 1967 after being arrested in England on a narcotics charge. Celebrities Mug Shots
