--- title: Fugitive Offers Police a Selfie Because Doesn’t Like His Mugshot description: Police say 'thanks' but now come and answer your charges of arson and vandalism canonical: https://time.com/4176818/police-selfie-mugshot/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-12T13:26:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:59:38.768Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Fugitive Offers Police a Selfie Because Doesn’t Like His Mugshot og:description: Police say 'thanks' but now come and answer your charges of arson and vandalism og:url: https://time.com/4176818/police-selfie-mugshot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc544d88ae7ebcd96/698878b4428a9e7c00cd0e89/police-mugshot-photo-donald-chip-pugh.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: police-mugshot-photo-Donald-Chip-Pugh og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fugitive Offers Police a Selfie Because Doesn’t Like His Mugshot twitter:description: Police say 'thanks' but now come and answer your charges of arson and vandalism twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc544d88ae7ebcd96/698878b4428a9e7c00cd0e89/police-mugshot-photo-donald-chip-pugh.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fugitive Offers Police a Selfie Because Doesn't Like His Mugshot by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jan 12, 2016 1:26 PM CUT  This combination of images released by the Lima Police Department of Lima, Ohio, on its Facebook page on Jan. 6, show Donald A "Chip" Pugh, a person of interest in several other cases including an arson and vandalism. The image at bottom right was provided by Pugh and posted with the following caption: "This photo was sent to us by Mr. Pugh himself. We thank him for being helpful, but now we would appreciate it if he would come speak to us at the LPD about his charges." This combination of images released by the Lima Police Department of Lima, Ohio, on its Facebook page on Jan. 6, show Donald A "Chip" Pugh, a person of interest in several other cases including an arson and vandalism. The image at bottom right was provided by Pugh and posted with the following caption: "This photo was sent to us by Mr. Pugh himself. We thank him for being helpful, but now we would appreciate it if he would come speak to us at the LPD about his charges."Lima Police Department by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jan 12, 2016 1:26 PM CUT A wanted man in Ohio wasn’t happy with his mugshot — so he offered police a “helpful” hand in the form of a selfie. The Lima Police Department said Donald A. Chip Pugh is wanted for failing to appear in court for a DUI and is also a person of interest in other cases including an arson and vandalism. The 45-year-old, though, obviously did not approve of official mug shots circulated by the department. It said Pugh had sent police a new picture showing him in a suit and glasses while sitting in a car with a sunroof. “Here is a better photo that one is terrible,” Pugh wrote when he sent police the new picture, according to a Lima Police Department Facebook post on Thursday…. 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