--- description: Joseph Talbot of Wayne County bought nearly 1000 newspapers in an attempt to hide his DUI arrest and mugshot from others. title: This Man Bought Hundreds of Newspapers to Hide His DUI Arrest image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Man Apparently Bought Hundreds of Newspapers in Ill-Advised Attempt to Hide His DUI Arrest  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 4, 2017 9:17 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 4, 2017 9:17 PM CUT A New York man who was arrested and charged with [driving while intoxicated](http://time.com/3650196/police-drunk-driving/ "undefined") in Wayne County, New York, unsuccessfully attempted to keep his name out of the news by removing the news source altogether. According to Ron Holdraker, the editor and owner of [the Times of Wayne County](http://www.waynetimes.com/ "undefined") weekly newspaper in upstate New York, said that Joseph Talbot bought 900 newspapers, at $1.25 a pop in an effort to keep others from seeing his DUI arrest and mugshot. The Times of Wayne County had printed a story about Talbot alongside his mugshot in the paper and both appeared on the publication’s website. According to [_NBC New York_](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Buys-Newspapers-Hide-DWI-Arrest-Mug-Joseph-Talbot-New-York-Police-409541155.html?utm%5Fsource=fark&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcontent=link&ICID=ref%5Ffark "undefined"), Talbot was arrested last Thursday and charged for driving while intoxicated; he was also charged with refusing to be photographed and fingerprinted, telling police that he didn’t want his mugshot in the paper. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4622348/man-buys-newspapers-hide-dui/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4622348/man-buys-newspapers-hide-dui/"},"headline":"This Man Apparently Bought Hundreds of Newspapers in Ill-Advised Attempt to Hide His DUI Arrest","datePublished":"2017-01-04T21:17:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:54.681Z","description":"Joseph Talbot bought nearly 1,000 copies of his local newspaper","url":"https://time.com/4622348/man-buys-newspapers-hide-dui/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Funny","Weird News","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4622348/man-buys-newspapers-hide-dui/","name":"This Man Apparently Bought Hundreds of Newspapers in Ill-Advised Attempt to Hide His DUI Arrest"}}]}] ```