Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.
Arrested: 3/4A cautionary tale: If you're going to try to pass a falsely embossed or altered credit card, consider spending a few minutes each day without your oversized sunglasses.
Last Saturday was a sad day for South Florida -- the area's last freelance chimneysweep got sent up the river.
One can see a lot of different personalities looking through mug shots -- people sometimes react with sadness, anger, confusion. But it's pretty rare that someone's face so clearly says "I'm going to be a huge pain every second I am here."