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W.Va. man sues over use of mugshot [photoshop]
PhillyBurbs.com ^ | Nov 30 2009 | staff reporter

Posted on 11/30/2009 10:14:01 AM PST by Daffynition

A McMechen man whose mugshot won a measure of Internet fame is planning to sue companies he says are profiting from the image.

Patrick Tribett was arrested in Bellaire, Ohio, in 2005. Police say he had been huffing the fumes from gold spraypaint, and the lower half of his face was golden in his mugshot.

New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers says the image has appeared on T-shirts, coffee mugs and even a billboard in Europe.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; mugshot; photoshop; spraypaint
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1 posted on 11/30/2009 10:14:02 AM PST by Daffynition
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Maybe he and Looter Guy can make it class action.


2 posted on 11/30/2009 10:15:06 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: JoeProBono; paulycy; Nateman; martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows

3 posted on 11/30/2009 10:15:30 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition
you can't make this stuff up..... lol
4 posted on 11/30/2009 10:18:01 AM PST by mike_9958
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5 posted on 11/30/2009 10:18:08 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Support Sarah. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/sarahpalin?ref=nf)
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To: Daffynition

He looks real Chistmassey


6 posted on 11/30/2009 10:18:20 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Looter guy, Tourist Guy, the squirrel.

Who else should we send money to?


7 posted on 11/30/2009 10:18:40 AM PST by earlJam
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To: Daffynition

Seems this guy has been a spray paint huffer for a while.

8 posted on 11/30/2009 10:20:13 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Support Sarah. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/sarahpalin?ref=nf)
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To: Daffynition

Haha. What a loser.

The case is dead in the water anyway. The image is public domain.

SnakeDoc


9 posted on 11/30/2009 10:20:54 AM PST by SnakeDoctor ("Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." -- John Wayne)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Cagey; Reaganesque; 50mm

10 posted on 11/30/2009 10:21:07 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition
What was photoshopped?

Anyway, there is reason for hope this holiday season!

Rogers says Tribett has been sober for eight weeks and is making progress.

11 posted on 11/30/2009 10:21:07 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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His lawyer, H. John Rogers is one of those lunatics who is a member of the bar and a politician, but is so crazy hes just one step from being disbarred.


12 posted on 11/30/2009 10:21:27 AM PST by Armedanddangerous (I think youre so full of inconsolable rage you don't care who you hurt)
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13 posted on 11/30/2009 10:22:05 AM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Daffynition

I had somebody come up to my restaurant counter like that back in the early 80’s - he held up his broken paper bag, dripping gold paint on my counter, and asked if I could give him a new bag.

Not just no, but hell no.


14 posted on 11/30/2009 10:22:53 AM PST by nina0113
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To: Daffynition

From his facial expression...the twisted mouth and the dead look in his eyes...even if his face wasn’t covered with paint, you could still tell he’d been “huffing”. Sick. I once had a next-door neighbor who’s daughter did this. Funny how they all look the same.


15 posted on 11/30/2009 10:23:22 AM PST by babyfreep
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To: al baby

Add a 10 year old Thai boy to that picture & we have Gary Glitter


16 posted on 11/30/2009 10:24:42 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Daffynition

LOL!


17 posted on 11/30/2009 10:25:51 AM PST by LiberConservative (0bama was elected to lead, not to bow.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
NAPL BUMP
18 posted on 11/30/2009 10:26:45 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The myth of man made global warming is science fiction.)
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19 posted on 11/30/2009 10:26:52 AM PST by Eaker (Kaiden sez, "If you have a problem and If explosives are an option then explosives are THE answer.")
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To: DogBarkTree; SnakeDoctor; Trailerpark Badass
From the SmokingGun ...It Ain't Just Paint ...Jul 21, 2005


20 posted on 11/30/2009 10:27:42 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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