Users began Photoshopping — adding in a Calvin Klein logo and taking out the teardrop tattoo that usually signifies having killed someone.

Officer Joseph Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department, said that no previous arrest photo has garnered so much positive attention.

Silva called Meeks "one of the most violent criminals in the Stockton area," and even though he's being held on $900,000 bail, he's still rapidly growing his fanbase on Facebook.

Not sure if liking him on Facebook is liking his looks or liking HIM. 

Some people can't separate looks from the person.  If someone is good looking enough they are worth saving:

By early Friday morning, Meeks' arrest photo had garnered more than 43,000 likes and 4,200 shares, and some people had started a Twitter campaign to "Free Jeremy."

I think the mug shot artist at the police deserves a job in modelling agency.

Ha!  Good point!

Brace yourselves -- the Jeremy Meeks memes are coming:

...and he got a modeling contract.

http://www.businessinsider.com/jeremy-meeks-modeling-contract-2014-7

A $30k deal.  He needs an agent!

He really does. Ironically, since he has lots of lawyers.

Ha ha!

More on physical phenoms and crime:

http://pandawhale.com/post/47014/crime-pays-when-youre-sexy

How the hell this guy gets the modelling contract and not the photographer, who made this criminal look great? The beauty in the eye of beholder.

sergey, your meme of him as "living proof that sometimes you just take a good picture" is hilarious!