Hot shot ts... and ugly mugs; Beauties and beasts in US rogues' gallery. (2024)

Byline: CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN US Editor

HERE'S proof that there are at least two faces to offenders inAmerica - the criminally handsome and the downright ugly.

On Friday 30-year-old bad boy Jeremy Meeks, pictured below, willface weapon and gang charges in court. Whatever the verdict, nearly100,000 of people have already made up their minds about him.

They have "liked" his photo posted on a police Facebooksite in California. He has been compared to models and attracted jokesabout handcuffs and sharing cells.

One woman lamented that Meeks, with his piercing blue eyes, was"too pretty to get locked up."

Meeks has previous convictions and links with The Crips gang. Hisfamily insist that is all in his past and he has now settled down with awife and son. He is likely to have a bright future on the catwalk -unlike many other less than photogenic felons.

Check out our rogues' gallery of beauties and beasts who endup behind bars in the US. The drunken delinquents and bungling bridesand those with crazy haircuts, extreme tattoos and odd facial expressionwhose personalities shine through.

[emailprotected] GURNING ANTHONY CIFUENTES, 37, wascaught blue-faced when police issued a warrant for him in 2010. He wasaccused of writing bad cheques and spotted in Ocala, Florida, lastFebruary by concerned residents.

Police were so disturbed by KELSEY SMITH'S mugshot that theyused it as a warning against drink driving. He was tasered"multiple times" by police trying to arrest him allegedlydrunk in his vehicle.

Nicknamed Dracula by cops, ALAN DALE LEE, 47, first came to theattention of officers in Florida when he was arrested for allegedaggravated battery and selling of marijuana in August 2009.

Split-tongued, Satan-loving DAVID ADAM PATE, 24, is charged withmurdering his friend in the South Carolina woods. He is still to facetrial.

The reign of Miss Louisiana Teen beauty queen LINDSEY EVANS, 24,suddenly ended when she was arrested on suspicion of not paying a $46restaurant bill and having dope in her purse. But her mugshot'sgood.

The looks of PRIMOTIVO SAVEDRA, 19, are almost as hot as theproperty he allegedly stole from a home. He and an accomplice werecharged with burglary and possession of stolen goods last year.

ME mo was the mu ask EGAN MCCULLOUGH, 27, got re than she bargainedfor when she s arrested for driving while under e influence in July2010. Her gshot went viral and led to men king to marry her.

Hunky KAMERON THOMAS SAPSFORD, 28, of South Daytona, Florida, wasarrested in January on suspicion of petty theft.

The face of Florida's SARA JEAN ISBISTER, 24, is prettyfamiliar to cops. This one of the bad girl's nine mugshots who hasmisdemeanour charges, including theft, driving with a suspended licence.

TYWAN ALEXANDER, 20, of Stockton, California, is just the ticketalthough he was arrested for causing a disturbance as fares wereinspected on a bus in March. As he tried to flee he allegedly struck acop.

Beauty queen LORENA TAVERA, 24, alleged showed her ugly side byshoplifting a $69 shirt in 2011. When the former Miss El Paso wasarrested she had two outstanding warrants for driving offences.

It was wedded miss for TAMMY LEE HINTON, 56, who was arrested inJuly 2011 in Michigan moments after saying "I do" at her ownwedding. She was wanted for identity theft.

Police probing theft from storage lockers in Illinois may have thebones of a case against ADAM ROBERTS, 24, with his skeleton-like facetattoo.

There's nothing funny about DENNIS LALIME, 64, dressed as TheJoker for Halloween last year. He was arrested charged with drunkendriving after leaving the party and crashing his car in Pittsfield,Maine.

Here's a face you will not forget in a hurry. ANTOINE PETTY,30, was arrested last month for gun crimes by police in Maryland. Histatts include a smiley face on his nose.

Vai was mu pub in J wha n TONYA ANN FOWLER, 45, s so unhappy withher previous ugshot when it was released to the blic that she dialled911 in Georgia July 2012 to complain and, guess at? She was arrested.

KA late sha in O Mo ATIE MARIE DUBOSE is the est addition to thisgallery of ame, booked at Lane County Jail, Oregon for disorderlyconduct, on nday of this week.

Glum AMES OWINGS was arrested for driving with a suspended licence.

Blood-drinking Satan worshipper CAIUS VEIOVIS, 32, was charged withthe kidnap and murder of three Hells Angels in Massachusetts. He hasimplants to create horns on his head and had 666 tattooed there.

CAPTION(S):

SWOON Meeks has stolen thousands of hearts