Browsing Archive: April, 2009
Posted by The Mad Graffer on Monday, April 27, 2009,
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Busted
Prolific graffiti vandal spared prison time A Multnomah County
judge orders Tyler Trowbridge, 20, to pay more than $15,000 in restitution
Graffiti - Tyler Trowbridge, 20, must pay more than
$15,000 in restitution
Friday, April 24, 2009
AIMEE GREEN
The Oregonian Staff A Multnomah County judge has spared a 20-year-old graffiti vandal from a
prison sentence, saying the young man has potential to turn his life around.
Multnomah County Judge Eric Bloch sentenced T**** J**** T********* this...
Art Or Vandalism? A History Of New York GraffitiLily-Hayes
Kaufman, 04.23.09, 12:01 AM EDT
Gregory J. Snyder's ''Graffiti Lives''
The day before the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama,
I attended the unveiling of Shepard Fairey's Barack Obama "HOPE" portrait at the
National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. As street artist-turned-pop icon
Fairey addressed the crowd... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Friday, April 17, 2009,
New weapon to fight graffiti vandals
Friday, April 17, 2009, 12:29
The writing is on the wall in Glastonbury – but not for much
longer.
There are plans for the town's walls to be repainted using anti-graffiti
paint, meaning that in the future, vandalism can be simply washed off.
The paint will be used throughout the town, particularly in the alleyways
leading to the High Street from St John's car park, where graffiti has been a
big problem.
A group of town councillors had been going o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mr. Whocares on Friday, April 17, 2009,
Graffiti Artist Says He Isn’t A
Criminal
By Lisa
Fogarty
There are
plenty of labels you could tack on to Ryan Nevins to better understand him –
artist, grassroots political activist, bipolar patient – even a former draft
pick for the Anaheim Angels – but a criminal? Not a chance, he says.
The
30-year-old Flushing resident has recently turned himself in to the 111th
precinct for graffiti vandalism. When he appears in court on April 30, Nevins
faces up to four years in prison f... Continue reading ...
Posted by MAD GRAFFER on Friday, April 17, 2009,
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News
Fairey could face jail for Boston graffiti
Shepard Fairey could face jail time for his, ahem, alleged graffiti in Boston
after a Municipal Court judge
decided yesterday that the vandalism charges against him could be treated as
felonies instead of misdemeanors.
The Los Angeles artist, whose work is
the focus of a major retrospective at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art,
faces as many as a dozen charges from Boston police. Treated as misdemeanors,
Fairey could have been fined u... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Friday, April 17, 2009,
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News
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VIDEO: Newark targets graffiti vandals
By Helena Strohmaier
Those who deface property in Newark with graffiti could soon face
stiffer penalties.
At last nights Newark city council meeting members
talked about increasing graffiti penalties.
Councilman David Athey says
this has been a growing problem and needs to be stopped.
 Video Here
If approved
the penalty for a first offense for an act of graffiti or possession of graffiti
instruments would be a fine between 500 to 1000 dollars pl... | Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Friday, April 17, 2009,
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Graffiti TV
Posted by TAGONE on Saturday, April 11, 2009,
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News
Sparks graffiti vandal ordered to pay $13,000 restitution for 56 acts in
Reno
April 10, 2009 A Sparks man has been ordered to pay $13,000
restitution for a gross misdemeanor count of graffiti vandalism and was given a
suspended one-year jail sentence and put on probation for up to three
years. The Reno Police Department urges the public to help
crack down on graffiti by reporting it when they see and by reporting the
vandals who create it.
Jose Tilson Hernandez, 21, was arrested Jan. 9... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Saturday, April 11, 2009,
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News
by Deborah Anderson
A VANDAL has been sentenced to 240 hours' community service after causing thousands of pounds worth of graffiti damage.
S**** M*****, 20, of Millburn Road, Dumbarton, had earlier pleaded
guilty to fifteen vandalism offences at the town's Sheriff Court.
Earlier this week M*****, also known as S******, was sentenced to
community service for daubing graffiti in West Dunbartonshire and the
West End of Glasgow.
As a member of the notorious BTS graffiti gang his distinctiv... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Thursday, April 9, 2009,
Oxnard officer stuns graffiti suspect with Taser
By From staff reports
Originally published 07:58 a.m., April 9, 2009
Updated 03:58 p.m., April 9, 2009
An Oxnard police officer shocked a suspected graffiti vandal with a Taser this week following a short pursuit, authorities said.
The officer spotted the 24-year-old suspect vandalizing an alley in the 400 block of North G Street about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Lisa Ragone of the Oxnard police.
The suspect took off and the offic... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Thursday, April 9, 2009,
Newark police charge 2 with graffiti vandalism
The News Journal • April 9, 2009
Allentown officials announced this morning that police have arrested the city's most notorious suspected graffiti vandal, the "Nerd."
The "Nerd," actually D***** L******, a 23-year-old Allentown resident, was charged with 261 acts of vandalism throughout the city, Mayor Ed Pawlowskisaid this morning. The suspect is charged with causing more than $41,000 in damage, Pawlowski... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Thursday, April 9, 2009,
Watsonville sweep nets 37 graffiti vandals
The Associated Press
Posted: 04/08/2009 06:17:16 AM PDT
WATSONVILLE, Calif.—Dozens of suspected graffiti vandals have been arrested by Watsonville police using new aerosol sensing devices and informants.
Fifteen adults and 22 juveniles are now facing 885 counts of vandalism that cost an estimated $50,000 in property damage.
The sweep announced Tuesday is the result of a three-month investigation dubbed Operation TAG—Target All Taggers....
Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Thursday, April 9, 2009,
Watsonville Community and Police Say No to Graffiti
WATSONVILLE, Calif.- People who live and work in Watsonville say they have had enough of the graffiti, and police listened.
Today the Watsonville Police Department along with Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee announced a three month investigation focused on arresting the city's most serious graffiti vandals.
Police took thirty four people between the ages of 14 and 23 off the streets. Police say the problem stretched beyond... Continue reading ...
Posted by Eric Genaro on Wednesday, April 8, 2009,
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News
Another Graffiti Vandal Busted
Burlington, Vermont - April 1, 2009
Another
graffiti vandal is in jail, after being busted in Burlington. Police
say 19-year-old M****** L**** of South Burlington will be arraigned
Thursday on 12 charges of unlawful mischief.
They
say over the last few months Loyer did thousands of dollars in damage
to Burlington buildings with his tag, "MKU," accompanied by a cartoon
of a man smoking marijuana. Police say ... Continue reading ...
Posted by TAGONE on Wednesday, April 8, 2009,
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News
Graffiti tagger charged in Queens case
BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA | rocco.parascandola@newsday.com
9:43 PM EDT, April 1, 2009
The
city's most notorious female graffiti tagger was charged Wednesday with
vandalizing subways cars in Queens, authorities said.
D*******
B******, 27, of Woodside, is accused of spray-painting her tags -
"Erin" and "Dani" - on six different subway cars at various times
between September 2005 and last April.
When
B****** and her boyfriend, J** C*** H*****, were arrested last A... Continue reading ...
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