A glamourous Florida woman wore a smirk in her mugshot after she was caught for drunk driving.
Tiffany Neves, 35, of Sarasota, was arrested for allegedly driving drunk on St. Pete Beach at Sunset Way and 27th Avenue in Pinellas County on Tuesday evening shortly after 8pm, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Neves’ mugshot shows her dressed in an orange jumpsuit with her hair down – seemingly unfazed as she flashes a slight smirk for the camera.
Investigators said that multiple witnesses watched Neves as she drove on a footpath onto the sand of the beach.
St. Pete Beach, which is known for its white-sand beaches and clear waters, allows its residents to drive on the beach with a permit that must remain on the vehicle at all times.
When officers arrived at the scene, Neves refused a routine breath test to check for alcohol.
Nevertheless, deputies said that she still showed signs of intoxication and impairment and was therefore booked into Pinellas County Jail on a charge for driving under the influence.
Her glitzy mugshot led to some online discussions surrounding her looks – but the sunshine state resident isn’t the first person whose good looks have overshadowed their alleged crime.
Tiffany Neves, 35, of Sarasota, Florida, was caught smirking in her mugshot after she was arrested for allegedly driving drunk on St. Pete Beach on Tuesday evening – leading to online discussions about her good looks
St. Pete Beach, which is known for its white-sand beaches and clear waters, allows its residents to drive on the beach with a permit that must remain on the vehicle at all times
Investigators said that witnesses watches as Neves drove on a footpath onto the sand of the beach
Neves joins a long list of suspects who went viral after their mugshots were posted online, despite their nefarious acts.
Infamous terror suspect Luigi Mangione – who allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – transformed into an unexpected online star after his arrest in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on December 9.
Once the Ivy League graduate’s mugshot was released, he went from an alleged killer to the newest killer heartthrob.
With each photo that was released of the alleged killer, who has since plead not guilty, social media users begged for more, and Luigi was eventually branded as the ‘sexy slayer.’
Since his arrest, the 26-year-old has become a sex symbol in certain corners of the internet.
But over the years, celebrities like Chase Crawford, Taylor Kinney, Kathryn Dennis and Lorena Taverna have all sent heart rates soaring with their own mugshots – proving that cell-block orange may indeed be their color.
Other lesser-known people have also caught the attention of the world after having their picture snapped by the police following a crime.
Abbie Newman, a 29-year-old mother living in Georgia, spent four days behind bars after she was arrested for drunken shoplifting at a Walmart in Atlanta in 2024.
Neves isn’t the first person to have their mugshot overlook their crime – Luigi Mangione, the prime suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was transformed into an unexpected online star after his arrest in December
Other celebrities mugshots, such as Gossip Girl Star Chace Crawford, have sent heart rates soaring as they posed in their cell-block orange jumpsuit
Abbie Newman, a 29-year-old mother living in Georgia, was arrested in 2024 for shoplifting but started raking in tens of thousands of dollars on her OnlyFans account after her mugshot went viral on Instagram
But after her release, she discovered that her mugshot had been shared on @mugshotshawtys – an Instagram account dedicated to sharing mugshots of the ‘good-looking’ lawbreakers.
Her mugshot went viral – prompting lusting followers to look her up online where they then discovered she had an OnlyFans account.
That’s when she realized that sometimes, crime pays well.
‘I didn’t even know until I got out of jail and saw that all of my social media had gained followers and I was being tagged everywhere with my mugshot up,’ Abbie told DailyMail.com in February of 2024.
Thanks to her viral fame, the mom-of-one was able to sell X-rated photos and videos of herself to her new followers on platforms like OnlyFans and Snapchat – earning her $24,000 in a single week.
She believes that her arrest and subsequent fame are a blessing in disguise.
‘I’m very blessed it happened. Most people don’t get second chances, and I’m probably on my 10th chance by now, so it’s really a blessing how it all worked out,’ she added.