14 Years of Mugshots Show the Disturbing Decline of a Meth-Addicted Sex Offender
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In 2002, 18-year-old Matthew Medlin’s first adult mugshot featured an extremely good looking man. At the time, he probably had no idea he was about to enter a life of crime and addiction:
Fast forward fourteen years—this past Saturday, 31-year-old Medlin found himself in a four-hour police stand-off, during which injected himself with meth.
Multnomah, Portland police were called after getting reports that a man was climbing on trains in a rail yard.
When police attempted to approach Medlin, he jumped into an open-topped car, stating he had been on a 26-hour meth bender, and refused to leave.
They tried to talk him down, but he just shot up more.
Eventually police were able to detain him, and he was charged with Criminal Mischief and Trespass, and given a $7,500 bail.
The man arrested that day looked nothing like the once-handsome young man from 2002.
See 6 other mug shots over that period and witness his sad deterioration. I can only think of how totally distraught his parents must be.
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