Web Sites Sued For Commercial Use of Mugshots
A Toledo-based lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit in Ohio’s Lucas County Common Pleas Court against at least five web sites that charge individuals a fee to have their online mugshots removed, even if the individual was not found guilty or if the charges against them were dismissed. The Toledo Blade reports the suit claims that more than 259,000 Ohioans have been cataloged on various mugshot web sites. The lawyer representing the two lead plaintiffs in the