Booking photos have been released of the four people arrested in connection with the disappearance of two Kansas women who were last seen driving through the Oklahoma Panhandle. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced that on Saturday, Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, were […]
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NYC will pay $17.5M to settle lawsuit alleging women were forced to remove hijabs in mugshots
NEW YORK – The city agreed Friday to pay $17.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged police officers forced two women to remove hijabs while mugshot photos were being taken, lawyers for the women said Friday. The case, filed in 2018, stemmed from the arrests of Muslim American women Jamilla Clark and Arwa […]
Lego requests California police department stop using their toy heads to cover suspect mugshots
The toy company Lego requested a Southern California police department refrain from using the company’s toy heads to hide the identities of suspects in photos shared on social media. The Murrieta Police Department began using Lego heads to cover people’s faces in November 2022. The edited photos garnered attention last week after the department posted […]
Lego head mugshots add to California’s debate on policing and privacy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover the faces of suspects in images it shares on social media. The Murrieta Police Department has been using Lego heads and emojis to cover people’s faces in […]
The Star usually does not publish mugshots. But there are exceptions — and this is one
The Kansas City Star and the McClatchy Company in 2020 decided to stop publishing most booking mugshots. The decision was rooted in two primary reasons: At the time of booking, the person being photographed has been charged but not convicted. This means in some cases published mugshots are permanently available for people acquitted of the […]
NYPD chief blasts migrants’ attack on officers as mugshots of suspects released
New York City police officials criticized the recent catch-and-release of a group of migrants allegedly captured on video attacking two police officers near Times Square over the weekend as four more suspects remain on the loose. John Chell, the NYPD Chief of Patrol, called Saturday’s attack “reprehensible” while calling the suspects who punched and kicked […]
Mugshot’s manager, employees charged with brutally beating waitress
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A manager at a Cordova bar and grill, along with three other female employees, were taken into custody for allegedly beating up a waitress on Sunday. According to Memphis Police, officers responded to an assault call at 1740 Germantown Parkway. Police list the address as Mugshot’s Bar and Grill. The victim says […]