10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Jeremy Meeks
“Breaks into your house and steals your heart.”
Jeremy Meeks was arrested in June 2014 for illegal possession of a firearm and grand theft. His mugshot was posted on the Stockton Police Department Facebook page and quickly gained almost 100k likes and 11k shares. Most other posts on this Facebook page only got a few hundred likes, including a recent tribute to a fallen officer.
Why was this particular criminal’s mugshot so popular? His looks, of course. Hundreds of thousands of women fawned over his high cheekbones and baby blue eyes.
Thanks to this, the former gangster received a lot of attention from modeling agencies and was able to turn his life around. His mugshot also became a meme. Here are some examples of things that people have written about him on social media:
“Steals your heart… your purse, jewelry, TV, and car”
“Wanted… in bed and alive”
“Can’t take a shower without slipping… because everyone nearby drops their soap”
Jeremy Meek’s life is a juxtaposition between extremely bad and good luck— mixed in with quite a lot of violence. Here are 10 things you…
