From Luigi Mangione To Keanu Reeves: 31 Viral Mugshots Of Criminal Heartthrobs

Everyone’s favorite Keanu Reeves was arrested in 1993 in Los Angeles for drunk driving. He managed to avoid formal charges by immediately confessing.

Despite being the prime suspect in one of the most talked-about murders of 2024, Luigi Mangione has faced no shortage of attention online for his looks.

The 26-year-old received at least 54 emails, 87 physical letters, and 163 financial deposits into his commissary account in the two weeks he spent behind bars for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“Hey Luigi, I’m certain you’ve received countless messages from people all over the world the internet is actually in love with you,” is just one of the many love notes he has received from fans online.

Back when it was a crime for a man to sleep with a woman under the false promise of marriage, Frank Sinatra was arrested for seduction in 1938 in Bergen County, New Jersey.

He reportedly promised a woman marriage before being intimate with her, according to the official complaint.

The singer had “sexual intercourse with the said complainant, who was then and there a single female of good repute,” the complaint said.

However, the charges became null and void after it was found that the woman was already married.

All it took for Jeremy Meeks’ life to turn around was his 2014 mugshot going viral. The model became a viral sensation and was even dubbed the “hottest criminal in the world.”

He has spent several years of his life behind bars on multiple occasions for different charges, including gun possession, resisting arrest, and assaulting a 16-year-old boy.

But his mugshot became his ticket to fame, leading to him signing a contract with a modeling agency after he stepped out of jail.

The son of Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller, Jacob Miller, was arrested in 2014 for possession of stolen property and one count of possessing methadone.

“He's working hard to put this behind him. Jake is looking forward to taking care of his problems, reclaiming his life, and being a better person,” Monterey County Judge Judy Culver said, revealing her plans to sentence him to one year in county jail followed by a long stay in rehab.

Stealing a $5,000 candelabra from the private dining room of a Las Vegas nightclub was the reason for Masha Diduk's arrest in 2022.

Masha, known as Jeff Lowe’s nanny in Netflix’s Tiger King, was captured on surveillance footage leaving the casino wearing the stolen item as an accessory. 

Even while posing for a mugshot, Bruno Mars still had it in him to flash a smile at the camera.

The That's What I Like singer was arrested in 2010 and booked on a drug charge in Las Vegas.

When asked why he grinned in his mugshot, he told GQ, “I have no idea. It was a picture.”

“I was really intoxicated. I was really drunk,” he added. “So a lot of that is a big blur, and I try every day to forget and keep pushing.”

He also told Piers Morgan in 2012 that his mugshot is a picture he would like to forget.

No stranger to posing for mugshots, Lindsay Lohan has run into trouble with cops on multiple occasions. 

In addition to being caught driving under the influence, she was also arrested for assaulting a woman at a nightclub and allegedly clipping a man with her vehicle.

Paris Hilton, who served jail time for drunk driving in 2007, was arrested in 2010 for the possession of cocaine.

The socialite was being driven by a friend when cops stopped the car and found a suspicious powder in the vehicle, which was later confirmed to be cocaine.

“Officers noticed a vehicle leaving smoke trail of a controlled substance [and] made a stop based on that,” Police spokesman Marcus Martin said at the time.

With multiple arrests over the last two decades, Shia LaBeouf has had multiple run-ins with the law, starting from when he was just 9 years old. He was arrested as a child and held for six hours for stealing a pair of Nike Cortez sneakers.

His days of stardom were marred by arrests after being caught drinking and driving, public intoxication, and even making racist comments about a Black police officer.

The discovery of one marijuana joint in Chace Crawford’s car led to his arrest in 2010. The Gossip Girl alum was busted in the parking lot of Ringo's Pub in Plano, Texas and faced a misdemeanor charge at the time.

“He was cool,” a source told People following the arrest. “He was on the phone the whole time. [The group] seemed normal. None of them seemed like they were mad or anything.”

At the age of 19, Justin Bieber was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, drag racing, driving without a valid license, and resisting arrest in 2014.

In his mugshot, he flashed a grin for the camera but later admitted it was not his “finest hour.”

“7 years ago today I was arrested, not my finest hour. Not proud of where I was at in my life,” he wrote years later in a 2021 Instagram post.

“I was hurting, unhappy, confused, angry, mislead, misunderstood and angry at god.. I also wore too much leather for someone in Miami. All this to say God has brought me a long way.”

Meagan Simmons became the internet’s “hot convict” and “attractive convict” after being arrested in 2010 on a DUI charge.
After her newfound fame, she did interviews and even said she was open to posing for Playboy.

“I wasn't thinking about doing a good mug shot,” she told HuffPost following her arrest. “I was crying my eyes out and was distraught about the arrest.”

While talking about posing for Playboy, she told the outlet: “If [Hugh Hefner] himself contacted me, I think that's a offer I couldn't refuse.”

Arrested for disorderly conduct in Dekalb County, Georgia, Angela Coates’s mugshot from 2014 became a viral sensation, with some admirers even offering to pay her $360 bail.

“Y'all and this mugshot s---. I was released the same night lol. This is straight comedy,” she tweeted after her release.

In 2008, Lorena Tavera made headlines for being the Miss El Paso USA winner. A few years later, she made the news for reportedly slipping a $69 shirt into a shopping bag and attempting to flee.

She pleaded guilty to theft in 2012 and was sentenced to nine months of probation.

Samantha Nesslein’s mugshot sparked significant buzz online after she was arrested and charged with possession of alcohol by a minor, obstruction without violence, and possession of a false ID in 2020.

Prior to his days of fame, a young Taylor Kinney was arrested in 2002 after being caught drinking in Virginia. Aged 21 at the time, he was booked for public intoxication but has since managed to stay out of legal trouble.

Veteran actor and former boxer Mickey Rourke was arrested in 1994 on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest without violence.

“I did not resist arrest,” he said after the arrest. “I did not put my hands on anybody, so I'd like to know why did I get arrested?"

“I did not curse at the officer. I cursed at the officer when I was locked up, not out here (at the club),” he admitted.

Even an arrest didn’t dampen stripper Toni Lee Hopkins’ appearance as she posed for a mugshot.

She was arrested in Houston for violating statutes governing sexually oriented businesses.

Former Southern Charm star Kathryn Dennis was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) in May this year.

A vehicle registered in her name was also allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident in South California in October, 2023.