A Milwaukee man’s mugshot is being compared to the original “hot felon”, menswear model Jeremy Meeks.
Malik Harrell, 23, set the Internet ablaze after leading police on a high-speed chase for 38 miles on December 28.
Police say Harrell and another man, Stephon Mosby, 22, were armed when a cop attempted to pull them over during a routine traffic stop in Milwaukee.
The driver of the Buick, later identified as Harrell, sped away, prompting law enforcement in other jurisdictions to join the chase.
Harrell reached speeds of more than 90 mph before he pulled over in an alleyway near 24th Street and Fairmount around 7 pm. Mosby hopped out of the car, flashed an AK-style pistol at cops, and fled into a nearby home. But Harrell hit the gas in the Buick and sped off.
Some of the officers surrounded the home while others pursued the Buick with Harrell often driving into oncoming traffic. He sideswiped another vehicle at an intersection in Milwaukee.
The chase finally came to an end when the Buick broke down near 61st Street. Harrell was taken into custody without resistance. A search of the Buick turned up marijuana, a digital scale, methamphetamine and an AK-style weapon.
Harrell was charged with 2 counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, weapon possession, and possession with intent to deliver street level drugs.
Mosby was taken into custody at the home and booked on several charges.
Both men were still in jail as of December 29. But Milwaukee County Jail recently updated its Facebook page with new mugshots — and Harrell’s mugshot spread like wildfire online.
Lonely women were smitten with Harrell’s smoldering good looks and piercing green eyes. Some women contacted the jail offering to pay Harrell’s $50,000 bond.
Harrell’s mugshot is being compared to Jeremy Meeks, who nearly broke the Internet back in 2014. Meeks, a former Crip gang member, was in a Stockton, CA. jail on weapons charges when his mugshot went viral.
Meeks landed a modeling contract while still behind bars. He was released from jail and immediately took advantage of his good fortune. The now 40-year-old model still has not returned to a life of crime.
