'World's scariest perp' faces life sentence for attempting to rape Missouri woman while she slept in bed with her boyfriend
A heavily-tattooed Missouri man, who's entire face and neck is adorned in ink, is facing a possible life sentence after his most recent felony arrest for attempting to rape a woman while she slept in bed with her boyfriend.
Michael Campbell, 46, described by The Smoking Gun as the 'world's scariest perp,' is currently being held in Greene County jail in Springfield on $100,000 bond.
Campbell, who has a pentagram tattooed in the middle of his forehead and past convictions for assault, burglary, grand theft, sexual assault and escape from custody, is scheduled to appear in Circuit Court on Monday.
Investigators say the registered sex offender tried to rape a woman while she was in bed with her boyfriend, who was asleep.
Police reported the woman described her assailant as 'an unknown white male with face tattoos.'
Pictured: the most recent mugshot of Michael Campbell, described by The Smoking Gun as the 'world's scariest perp'
The 46-year-old Missouri man is currently being held in Greene County jail in Springfield on $100,000 bond, seen here in a 2008 arrest photo
A tenant told police that they saw the woman's boyfriend 'chasing a male with lots of tattoos all over his face and neck out the south door of the facility' as Campbell fled the residence on a blue bicycle, according to the police report.
Cops eventually found Campbell on a gold-colored bike that 'appeared to have been freshly painted' with 'blue and purple paint under the gold paint,' the police report states. Campbell tried to explain away the attempted rape, telling authorities that he told the woman 'no' after 'she made sexual advances towards him' due to the fact that he 'had a curfew and needed to leave.'
Campbell could face a life sentence if he's convicted of the attempted rape charge because of a criminal history that goes back nearly 26 years, when he was found guilty in 1995 of attempted sexual assault in Colorado.
Pictured: the felony complaint against Campbell, who allegedly attempted to rape a woman while she slept in bed next to her boyfriend
The majority of his ink was done after 2003, when an booking photo for theft (pictured) showed him with far less tattoos, although he did have three small ones on his face and neck
Pictured: Campbell's dramatic jailhouse transformation: in 2003 on the left and in 2008 on the right
Last year, he served six months in jail after being convicted for assault, violating an order of protection and property damage in Greene County.
Aside from the notable pentagram in the middle of his forehead, Campbell's tattoos include a polka-dot bow tie on his neck and a pitbull on his upper chest.
According to his mugshots, the majority of his ink was done after at least 2003, when a booking photo for theft showed him with far less tattoos, although he still did have three small ones on his face and neck when he entered prison that year for a five-year stretch.
DailyMail.com first reported on Campbell's dramatic jailhouse transformation back in 2008, when a new photo was released to the public showing his face and neck completely covered in tattoos.
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