. shot magazines and websites and police booking photos , which are public record . Several clients have asked Kavan Singh-Grover , an Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney , about removing their mug shots from the sites and about what legal action can be taken . `` They are using a person 's image for commercial gain without their permission , '' said Singh-Grover . Michael McMahon located his photograph from seven years ago on a mug ##shot website . ` ` Caught Up , '' a popular mug shot , is dubbed a ` ` crime - fighting publication ''
. shot magazines and websites and police booking photos , which are public record . Michael McMahon located his photograph from seven years ago on a mug ##shot website . ` ` Caught Up , '' a popular mug shot , is dubbed a ` ` crime - fighting publication ''