About Jeremy Meeks
Jeremy Ray Meeks (born February 7, 1984) is an American fashion model, actor, and former gang member. A former member of the Crips street gang, Meeks was arrested in 2014 during a gang sweep called Operation Ceasefire in Stockton, California. Afterward, police posted his mugshot on Facebook, which went viral due to his physical attractiveness. He was convicted on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and grand theft. Meeks' mugshot was noticed by modeling agencies and, upon his release from Mendota Federal Correctional Institution in March 2016, he began a modeling career. == Early life == Meeks was born in Tacoma, Washington, on February 7, 1984. In 2002, Meeks was charged with robbery and corporal injury to a child, assaulting a 16-year-old boy. He was sentenced to serve two years in a California prison, during which he admitted to being a member of the North Side Gangster Crips. == 2014 arrest and viral popularity == On June 18, 2014, Stockton Police Department arrested Meeks and three other men in a multi-agency law enforcement mission dubbed Operation Ceasefire. Meeks was listed as a "convicted felon, arrested for felony weapon charges".
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