FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CN) — A South Florida man filed the first lawsuit in the state aimed at enforcing a new law that prohibits mug shot publishers from charging fees for removing unflattering ...

Two South Florida men are among four people named Wednesday in arrest warrants related to an online website, Mugshots.com, which posts arrest records and booking photographs – and takes them down only ...

The two owners have made a fortune off publishing mugshots and then demanding payment for their removal. The owners sift through data from law enforcement websites to publish people’s names, booking ...

Peter Gabiola thought he was on the right track in 2013. He was out of prison and had been off parole for retail theft for more than a year when he started a new job with a Buffalo Grove sales and ...

The California Attorney General announced criminal charges against four men it claims are the owners and operators of Mugshots.com. The website has been under fire for years over its practice of ...

CHICAGO (CN) - The same people at mugshots.com are also behind unpublisharrest.com, forcing former arrestees to pay up if they want any hope of rejoining society, a class claims in court. Two men ...

Once your mugshot ends up online, it can be almost impossible to remove. Gleybis Carrera has learned this the hard way — her mugshot has haunted her for years. Though Carrera was arrested years ...

The men behind Mugshots.com now face their own legal drama. Four men who allegedly operate the website that posts mugshots and arrest information face extortion charges for demanding money to take ...

WEBVTT REPORTER: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MUGSHOTS ON THIS WEBSITE FROM PEOPLE IN SANTA CRUZ AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT SURE HOW THEY GOT ON THERE. FOR MONTEREY AND SANTA CLARA ...

Websites that publish mug shots and charge for their removal have defeated one lawsuit after the other, claiming First Amendment protection. But that defense to this shady industry may be about to ...

The alleged owners of Mugshots.com, a controversial website that scrapes police department booking photos and collates them into a searchable format, have been arrested following charges filed in the ...