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Fake prosecutor gets prosecuted- 17 years!

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 31st, 2009 by admin

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An Orlando Florida who pretended to be a prosecutor and lived off other peoples credit cards has been sentenced to 17 years in jail. We’re pretty sure she was sent there by a “real” prosecutor.

48-year-old Marianne Marra was sentenced Wednesday in Orlando federal court for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. She pleaded guilty in April.

Her co-conspirator, 48-year-old David Scott Hughes, was sentenced to nearly nine years in federal prison for the same crimes. He pleaded guilty in May.

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Man gets life in prison for killing 81-year-old Sunday School teacher

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 27th, 2009 by admin

Man gets life in prison for killing 81-year-old Sunday School teacher

Crack addict killed an 81-year-old Sunday School teacher for his next fix gets life in prison. His defense said that police contaminated the crime scene, failed to fully investigate and test evidence and “coerced” his confession. The judge didn’t buy it.

STORY HERE | THUGSHOT HERE

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Wayne Huizenga’s son arrested on drunken boating charge.

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 27th, 2009 by admin

Wayne Huizenga’s son arrested on drunken boating charge.

South Florida businessman H. Wayne Huizenga’s billions couldn’t keep his son from the Broward County Jail. He was arrested for boating under the influence. Robert Ray Huizenga pleaded not guilty.

STORY HERE | THUGSHOT HERE

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Hit-and-run driver kills 65-year-old family man

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 27th, 2009 by admin

Hit-and-run driver kills 65-year-old family man

Tracy W. Klinedinst, 46, of Royal Palm Beach crashed his Chevy van into the car of John Serratore and then ran away, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report. Deputies cornered him behind a nearby business and arrested him on charges of vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, failure to stop after a crash involving death and cocaine possession, according to the report. He was taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where a judge on Sunday ordered him held without bail.

STORY HERE | THUGSHOT HERE

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Man arrested for raping 5-year-old tells cops, “Why don’t you just kill me now!”

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 27th, 2009 by admin

Worst of the worst- Jean Robert Delva arrested for the rape of a 5-year-old.

48-year-old Greenacres resident Jean Robert Delva has been arrested on charges of sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation, according to his arrest affidavit.

The accuser, now 8, just came forward on Tuesday but the alleged incident happened 3 years ago.

In an interview with detectives, Delva, who worked at a car wash, denied the allegations and said the family was accusing him because “the daughter is hot and developing,” the affidavit said. Now, that’s a rather strange statement.

STORY HERE | THUGSHOT HERE

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Man charged with 22 counts of animal cruelty

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 27th, 2009 by admin

Scott Kipp is the Michael Vick of Lake Worth Florida.

More than 20 dogs were seized from Scott Kipp by Lake Worth when police discovered several sick dogs and puppies and found many of them sprawling in blood and dog crap.

Kipp is the owner of Kipp’s K9- a kennel in Lake Worth Florida. Now, I’m no expert, but this can’t be good for business!

STORY HERE | THUGSHOT HERE

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American are fascinated with mug shots

Posted in Mugshot articles on July 27th, 2009 by admin

Americans are fascinated with mug shots.

While Web sites such as TMZ and Smoking Gun have been posting celebrity mug shots for a few years now, they’re not just for celebrities anymore. All it takes is an arrest and a trip to the county sheriff’s office. Pretty soon your face could be on your local newspapers Web site for all the world – or at least your neighbors – to see. This rise in popularity is due to the fact that Americans have become a vastly more voyeuristic society in the past 10 years.

Anyone questioning that fact can simply look at the television shows in 2009 compared to the shows we had in 1999. These days, on any given night you’ll have the opportunity to see on the average 14 so-called “reality” shows. Also, just look at the number of celebrities we know by name for being nothing more than a person with a video camera (and camera man) in their living room – Jon and Kate, Kim Kardashian, Kendra Wilkinson – well, you get the idea.

In south Florida, newspapers like The Palm Beach Post and The Sun Sentinel have started posting mug shots on their Web sites recently for their respective counties- Palm Beach and Broward. And Thugshot.com posts mug shots for two or three counties in south Florida and are adding more counties soon.

The popularity of mug-shot-mania are also due to the fact that that reproducing them are cheap, if not free. Plus, they are “legally safe” to publish. Mug shots are public domain. You can’t be sued for publishing a government document.

There are also many printed publications dedicated to printing mug shots, such as Cellmates, Busted, and MugSHOTS. These publications are usually printed weekly and rarely cost more than $1. While these publications seem to be gaining popularity in the past two years, Web sites are clearly the place where people are more likely to flock. This is because Web sites have the ability to post mug shots on a daily basis and blogs such as Thugshot.com give readers the ability to post comments on every post.

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