Charles McDowell's Wide Neck Mugshot

Charles McDowell's Wide Neck Mugshot

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Charles McDowell's Wide Neck Mugshot refers to the arrest photo of Florida man Charles McDowell, who has an exceptionally wide neck. The mugshot went viral in November 2018 as Facebook, Reddit and Twitter users joked and made puns about McDowell's large neck. McDowell used his virality to gain a following, becoming a part of the Instagram collective Shrimp Gang and producing music videos and content with Daddy Long Neck that year. In 2019, he was arrested again, sparking the "#FreeWideNeck" hashtag. In November 2022, he was arrested for a charge of aggravated stalking and withholding child or spousal support.

Origin

On November 13th, 2018, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office[1] posted to Facebook that they had arrested Charles McDowell on charges of Fleeing/Eluding Police with Lights & Sirens Active, Possession of Meth with Intent to Sell/Manufacture/Deliver, Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Sell/Manufacture/Deliver Schedule II, Possession of Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Equipment. The posted the suspect's picture in their post, which gained over 49,000 likes and reactions and over 235,000 shares. WKRG[2] reported on the story the next day.


Escambia County Sheriff's Office November 13 at 5:09 PM- Congratulations to Charles Dion McDowell, DOB: 8/12/87 share Charles Dion McDowell was arrested for Fleeing/Eluding Police with Lights & Sirens Active, Possession of Meth with Intent to Sell/Manufacture/Deliver, Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Sell/Manufacture/Deliver Schedule II, Possession of Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Equipment. McDowell is currently a guest at the GoldStar Hotel with a bond of $57,000. #Gotcha A big thank you to Bob Tyler Toyota for his continued partnership with Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers and the ECSO in expanding the reach of wheel of Fugitives to WEAR ABC 3 News, Pensacola. #ThanksBobTyler Thank you to everyone who share our Wheel of Fugitives, Dirty Dozen, and Help Us Locate posts! #YourShareMakesADifference #wheelOf Fugitives #CrimeDoesntPayButweDo #GoldStarHotel #WheelOfFugitive #SilverBracelets #PrizePatrol #FreePhotoShoot #WOF #Winnerwinner WKRG NorthEscambia Cat Country 98.7 NewsRadio 92.3 1370 WCOA Talk 103.7 790AM CBS News NBC 15, WPMI TV Mobile FOX10 News Milton Post 1330 WEBY EL OF TIVES MCDOWELL &ELUDING & OF PROBATION BOND 0 436-9620 OR 3T0 CRIME STOP PER FF'S (SOFFİ RIDA

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Facebook users were quick to mock the size of McDowell's neck with numerous puns on the Office's post, with several gaining tens of thousands of likes (examples shown below).


Ramon Ross You people should be ashamed of yourselves, all this neckativity isn't right at al Like Reply 1d 118K 1,326 Replies 6 mins Barry Jacobs His neck is still at LARGE!! Like Reply 1d D 116K View previous replies Antonio Mayo What neck of the woods was he caught in? 20K Like Reply 1d View more replies Noble Mcgregor They gonna put him in jail and throat away the key 77K Like Reply 1d 503 Replies Just now Michael L Whaley He'll be outta jail neck week E Like Reply 1d 77K View previous replies Merianne Nelson Did anyone notify his neck-s-ta-kin ︶ 19K Like Reply 1d View more replies Dustin Gilland Dude up to his neck in charges.. 37K Like Reply 1d 163 Replies 27 mins Keidra Brewer What they charge this guy with? Neckless Endangerment? Shat! Like Reply 1d 421 Replies 7 mins Clint Freeman My neck, my back, they took my meth and my crack. Like Reply 1d

Once the photo hit Twitter, users made similar puns as commenters on the Facebook post. For example, Twitter user @Hunsucker4 posted a pun that gained over 620 retweets and 3,200 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @Felonious_monk made a Thank u, next pun that gained over 3,400 retweets and 12,000 likes (shown below, right).


Brian Hunsucker @Hunsucker4 Follow 31 year old Charles Dion McDowell is captured. His neck is still at large. 2:07 PM-14 Nov 2018 Felonious Munk @Felonious_munk Follow Thank you, necks. 3:55 PM 14 Nov 2018

On Reddit, the shot became popular on /r/BlackPeopleTwitter. For example, Redditor Crakzor made a pun that gained over 30 points (shown below, left), and user Quleki made a joke that gained over 430 points (shown below, right).


He'll be outta jail necks week .imgur.com/roOzg4... & wheel of Fugitives to WEAR ABC 3 News, Pensacola. #ThanksBobTyler Thank you to everyone who share our Wheel of Fugitives, Dirty Dozen, and Help Us Locate posts! #YourShareMakesADifference Tracy James Y'all better stop laughing or you could be necks! #Wheel°Fugitives #CrimeDoesntPayButWeDo #GoldStarHotel #WheelOfFugitive #SilverBracelets #PrizePatrol #FreePhotoshoot #wOF #winnerwinner Like Reply 1d 289 Replies . 4 mins Austin Trowbridge Police Sketch Artist: "Okay so what did he WKRG NorthEscambia Cat Country 98.7 NewsRadio 92.3 1370 WCOA Talk 103.7 790AM CBS News NBC 15, WPMI TV Mobile FOX10 News Milton Post 1330 WEBY look like?" Witness: "Neck".. See More Like Reply-1 EL OF TIVES MCDOWELL 573 Replies 1 min Noble Mcgregor They gonna put him in jail and throat away the key Like Reply 1d CAP 478 Replies 6 mins Dustin Gilland Dude up to his neck in charges.. Like Reply 1d ELUDING & F PROBATION BOND 70 160 Replies 5 mins 0 436-9620 OR Keidra Brewer What they charge this guy with? Neckless Endangerment? Shat! 9565K Like Reply 1d 406 Replies 1 min RIFF'S O Clint Freeman My neck, my back, they took my meth and my crack. Like Reply 1d 2,699 Replies 6 mins ORID Ramon Ross You people should be ashamed of yourselves, all this neckativity isn't right at all. 9116K Like Reply 1d Eddie McCurty and 47K others 243K Comments 229,079 Shares 4 Posted by u/Quleki 3 hours ago 439When you do chinups for a living imgur.com/ZhGISj..·ピ 43 Comments Share Save 97% Upvoted What are your thoughts? Log in or Sign up LOG IN SIGN UP SORT BY TOP (SUGGESTED) ▼ Shroffinator 91 points 2 hours ago edited 1 hour ago Press 5 to vote for "If he hiccup too hard he'll swallow his whole head" Reply Share Report Save t J eseele 6 points 2 hours ago Reply Share Report Save feed dat_cat Score hidden 1 hour ago That's the best one. Reply Share Report Save Zaggie 31 points 3 hours ago The head bone connected to the Shoulder bone.. Reply Share Report Save

November 21st, 2018 Arrest

On November 21st, 2018, the Daily Mail[3] reported that McDowell had been arrested again on drug possession charges. A new mugshot was released alongside the news of his arrest (shown below).


ⒸLee County Detention Center

Continued Virality (Shrimp Gang, Daddy Long Neck Collaborations)

On November 26th, 2018, heavy[4] reported that McDowell was training to fight in the MMA after he posted a now-deleted photo of himself with the Island Fights belt. On November 28th, the official JRE Clips YouTube channel posted a clip from an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience where Rogan talks and jokes about McDowell's neck, suggesting his mother must have a thick neck too, garnering over 3 million views in three years (shown below).



On December 1st, Daddy Long Neck posted a collaboration with Wide Neck to Instagram.[5] In the video, Wide Neck and Long Neck meet up and say "all necks matter," then do a number of fun, wholesome activities together, garnering over 1.9 million views on Instagram and 1.1 million on YouTube[6] in four years (shown below). That month, Wide Neck joined the Instagram content collective Shrimp Gang alongside Supreme Patty, Long Neck and other Instagram celebrities. Daddy Long Neck posted several photos to Instagram[7] with Wide Neck that December.



On December 16th, 2018 and January 8th, 2019, Wide Neck and Long Neck released two music videos through the WorldStarHipHop YouTube[8][9] channel for original, neck-themed songs, "Neckst Up" and "Neckst Big Thing" (shown below, left and right). The videos gained over 13 million and 5.8 million views respectively in four years.



On January 10th, an interview with Wide Neck was posted by YouTuber[10] DJ Smallz Eyes, garnering over 900,000 views in three years (shown below). During the interview, Wide Neck says that his neck is not wide due to a medical condition but also says he "doesn't know" and hasn't had it looked at by a doctor.



January 2019 Arrest / #FreeWideNeck

On January 30th, 2019, the official @damnwideneck Instagram[11] account posted a new mugshot of McDowell along with the announcement that he was arrested in Pensacola, Florida after a judge "revoked his bond from his original charges," along with the hashtag #freewideneck (shown below).


damnwideneck Pensacola, Florida . Follow damnwideneck MANAGEMENT - Tonight, Charles AKA Wideneck was arrested in his hometown of Pensacola. He didn't get arrested on any new charges, the judge revoked his bond from his original charges. Now he has to sit in jail until his case is over with. He appreciates all the love and support from everyone in the past 2 months. Charles' life has changed for the better for himself and his family. When all this is over with this last case, you have his word that'll he'll never go back to jail again! #freewideneck Liked by namaste.at,home.dad and 225,196 others 1 DAY AGO Add a comment...

That day, a GoFundMe[12] page titled "Free Wideneck" was created for donations to fund McDowell's legal fees (shown below). Meanwhile, Supreme Patty reposted an announcement of the arrest on Facebook[13] with the #FreeWideNeck hashtag. The GoFundMe page earned $180 of its $15,000 total funding goal.


21 FREE WIDENECK $180 of $15,000 goal

On February 10th, 2019, McDowell made a post on Instagram[14] claiming he'd be out of jail soon. The post is a video of Wide Neck talking through a cellphone that is calling him from prison and gained over a million views in three years (shown below). He was released on an unknown date.



Post-2019 Arrest (Drew Mournet Fight, Dr. Hightower Appearance, Joe Rogan Response)

On March 6th, 2020, the World Star Hip Hop YouTube[15] channel released a music video for a new song by McDowell called "First Day Out" about his jail experience, garnering over 834,000 views in two years (shown below, left). On May 29th, Damnwideneck posted a photo of a mugshot to Instagram[16] captioned "Those days are over with," suggesting he would try not to go to jail again. On June 15th he appeared on chiropractor Dr. Hightower's YouTube channel, where he had his neck cracked, garnering over 5 million views in two years (shown below, right). On November 26th, he posted a photo to Instagram[17] posing with his family for Thanksgiving, gaining over 20,000 likes in two years.



On June 11th, 2021, McDowell fought Drew Mournet as part of the undercard for the Aaron Carter v. Lamar Odom celebrity boxing event.[18] McDowell lost to Mournet by majority decision. The fight was uploaded to YouTube[19] on June 13th, garnering over 434,000 views in a year (shown below).



On June 24th, YouTuber[20] Mediagrapher Studios posted a video of McDowell watching the Joe Rogan video for the first time and responding to it (shown below). In the video he tells Rogan to keep his mother out of things and challenges him to a fight at the end. The video gained over 9,800 views in a year.



2022 Stalking Arrest

On November 28th, 2022, McDowell was reportedly arrested on one charge of aggravated stalking and one charge of failure to pay either child or spousal support. According to Mirror,[21] a warrant was issued for McDowell's arrest in August after he showed up at a woman's house uninvited and sent her threatening messages. A mugshot was released alongside the reports (shown below). The story went viral and was reported on by a variety of media outlets. That day, it was reported on by Twitter[22] user @Rap, garnering over 16,500 likes and inspiring numerous memes about his neck in the comments.



Various Examples


SV #vibewithsuzeey @suzeeyvibe Follow Mr. Charles McDowell, u prolly gotta lot of weight on ur shoulders but i know u have some greater potential in life. Like maybe u can get sponsored by mucinecks, or that necktarine company.. U got options. Think abt that necks time. The interneck is filled w/ great opportunities 10:56 PM-14 Nov 2018 Isaac Phillips @issabm Follow Why Charles Dion McDowell look like the bully from SpongeBob 12:27 PM 14 Nov 2018 JT ®_BigJ96 Follow Somebody tell Charles Dion McDowell to give Godzilla his neck back. #neckgamestrong 5:28 PM- 14 Nov 2018 AMABLACKPATRIOT @DrShayPhD Follow Escambia LEOs posted Charles McDowell's mug.Check out comments people posted back. Ross: All this neckativity isnt right at all. Duchess: He gotta lotta weight on his shoulders right now. Gordon: If he gets out what he gonna do necks. Gilland: He up to his neck in charges. 12:24 AM- 15 Nov 2018 Nate2B @kirito2b Follow Dude gets sent to the guillotine and it breaks on his neck 2:42 PM 15 Nov 2018 evan the icon @evantheicon Follow shawty give me neck til i pass out 4:36 PM - 15 Nov 2018

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