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mug shots September 6, 2019Frank Sinatra was arrested by the Bergen County, New Jersey sheriff in 1938 and charged with carrying on with a married woman (yes, you could get popped for that back then). The charge was later changed to adultery, and eventually dismissed. Source: TheSmokingGun.com. Graphics: Ray Heinsius
mug shots April 28, 2017Sid Vicious, bassist for the Sex Pistols, was arrested by New York police for the October 1978 murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Sid’s subsequent drug overdose spared him the indignity of a homicide trial. Source: TheSmokingGun.com. Graphics: Ray Heinsius
mug shots August 28, 2016Jimi Hendrix was arrested at Toronto International Airport airport in May 1969 after customs inspectors found heroin and hashish in his luggage. Hendrix, who claimed the drugs were slipped into his bag by a fan without his knowledge, was later acquitted of the charges.Source: TheSmokingGun.com. Graphics: Ray Heinsius
mug shots March 19, 2015James Brown posed for the below South Carolina Department of Corrections 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 was nailed for taking cops on a drugfueled car chase between South Carolina and Georgia. Source: TheSmokingGun.com. Graphics: Ray Heinsius.
mug shots March 19, 2015David Bowie was arrested in upstate New York in March 1976 on a felony pot possession charge. The Thin White Duke, 29 at the time, was nabbed along with Iggy Pop and two other codefendants at a Rochester hotel following a concert. Bowie was held in the Monroe County jail for a few hours before being released. Source: TheSmokingGun.com. Graphics: Ray Heinsius