Browsing Archive: November, 2009
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, November 29, 2009,
In :
Busted
By Staff, City News Service
Saturday, November 28, 2009
A
19-year-old man believed to be responsible for 150 incidents of
graffiti throughout Escondido is in custody Saturday, a police official
said.
Escondido resident I***** G******* was arrested and booked into
the Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of six incidents of felony
vandalism and 146 cases of misdemeanor vandalism, said Escondido police
Lt. Bob Benton.
Damage attributed to th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, November 29, 2009,
In :
War on Graff
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, November 29, 2009,
In :
Charged
Nine girls, who were part of a tagging crew,
will serve six months of probation, and their parents will be charged
with the costs of removing graffiti from Carson city property,
authorities said Monday. The girls were caught on Nov. 11
spray-painting graffiti on city property in the 300 block of East 244th
Street, said Detective Dan Starkey of the sheriff's Carson station. Investigators later determined the girls had been involved
in previous acts of vandalism in Carson, resulting in signifi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 24, 2009,
In :
Busted
 Infamous
tagger, REVOK, was arrested over the weekend in Los Angeles during an
appearance at a the 33rd Graffiti Art Store, when authorities found him
in possession of spray tips.
According to the LA Times,
the 32-year-old graffiti legend (real name: Jason Williams) was the
guest of honor at the store's event on Sunday (November 22), where they
were exhibiting Montana spray pain... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, November 22, 2009,
In :
Charged
SHELBY — Four men face a total of 52 charges in connection to a rash
of graffiti turning up on some of the city’s most prominent locales.
W****** D***** H******, 18, of West Marion Street, E******* C*****
F****, 21, of Blanton Street, A****** M****** B****, 20, of Grover
Street, and J***** F****** L*****, 21, of Leander Street, were arrested
Thursday, each charged with 14 counts of injury to real property.The suspects were each given a $2,000 secured bond.
Shelby Police Lt. Lisa Gre... Continue reading ...
By Matt Van Hoven on Nov 18, 2009 05:32 PM
BNE, a graffiti artist known the world over for blanketing entire
cities with his tags, is coming to New York for a showcase, with the
help of Mother New York and culture blog Animal New York.
"There are a few reasons why BNE interests Mother. BNE has
single-handedly created a globally recognized and valued brand in the
new social economy. Bearing that BNE has no product to sell, it's
amazing that his presence in Flickr photo galleries a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 19, 2009,
In :
Busted
Evanston police teamed up with school resource officers in the
arrests of three juveniles who have been charged with defacement of the
Evanston Ecology Center last month and may have been members of a
"tagging crew" operating throughout the city.
Police announced Tuesday that the juveniles were charged with felony
criminal defacement of property. They have been assigned to District II
Juvenile Court in Skokie.
Investigator says the incidents date back to Oct. 7 when
administrators for... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 19, 2009,
In :
Charged
West Hartford Police have arrested a local man in connection with a recent string of vandalism.
D**** M****, 20, of 51 Ridgewood Road was arrested early Tuesday
morning in the area of Albany Avenue and Steele Road with a can of
spray paint in his back pocket, police said. M**** is accused of spray
painting several traffic boxes with the pseudonym "MANTRA" and "KNOX
ONE."
Authorities say the words have been spray painted on traffic boxes,
street signs, and other structures on public and p... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
In :
Busted
Staff Report Posted: 11/13/2009 11:56:14 PM PST
Three
Novato boys were arrested on vandalism allegations after a passing
driver saw a Golden Gate Transit...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
In :
News
(AP)
–
3 days ago
LOS ANGELES — A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti
vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday,
authorities said. Deputies spotted the septuagenarian John Scott
putting stickers on a stairwell at a downtown Metro Center subway
station. The black-and-orange bumper stickers ask, "Who is John Scott?"
and have been seen stuck on buses in Baldwin Hills and areas on the
Westside of the city. Stickers used in such a way are referred to
as "slap t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, November 13, 2009,
In :
Busted
A Chico man has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing a passenger
train stopped at the local Amtrak station in October. Chico Police say
8 train cars were tagged with graffiti. Officers say they were able to
identify a suspect and search the man’s Arcadian Avenue home Tuesday.
22 year old C***** G******* was arrested on charges including felony
vandalism and possession of graffiti tools. Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, November 13, 2009,
In :
Charged
KEENE SENTINEL -- A Vermont man who sprayed graffiti on
several buildings in Keene has been sentenced to a year in jail and
ordered to pay more than $18,000 in restitution.
K*** W*****, 20, of Milton pleaded guilty to a felony-level
charge of being an accomplice or principal to criminal mischief during
a hearing Oct. 27 in Cheshire County Superior Court.
W***** was sentenced to a year at the Cheshire County jail in
Westmoreland. He had already served 118 days in jail before the
sentencing... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, November 13, 2009,
In :
Street Art
Banksy style graffiti appears in Cookham
COOKHAM'S answer to the infamous 'street artist' Banksy may have
arrived after a mysterious graffiti artist began tagging post boxes in
the village.
Two unusual pieces of grafitti have been drawn on the red Royal Mail units around the village.
The first... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
In :
Events
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
In :
Events
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
In :
Events
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
In :
News
Posted on Monday, November 9th, 2009 by Hunter Stephenson
Rising to prominence in the street art scene throughout the early aughts and now bustling inside the mainstream with shoe deals and bewildered news reports, the California artist known as Neckface is
a fascinating subject. For one, much of his art was and remains illegal
via the defacing of billboards and buildings with “Neckface”
spray-painted in a signature, Satan-evoking scrawl.
And, as with the Batman Begins billboard
b... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
In :
Busted
 BHB photo by C. Scales This in from Judy Stanton, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Heights Association:
The 84th Precinct captain just stopped by to tell me
that the graffiti taggers using Rex and Guder, whose tags were found on
public and private property all over the north Heights, have been
arrested. Credit goes to the arresting officer, Freddy Ahmetaj, and the
taggers, who were caught on camera, will be charged with multiple
counts of graffiti.
Unfortunately, “Guder” was able to ta... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 9, 2009,
In :
Busted
Police have arrested a graffiti vandal who they say has wreaked
$100,000 in damage on businesses and other property across the city. M*****
V*********, 23, Richmond, Ind., was prelimiinarily charged Thursday
with three counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief for spray painting,
or "tagging," three buildings near Downtown Indianapolis. Prosecutors
were granted a 72-hour continuance this morning in a Marion County
court, so formal charges could come during a Tuesday morning court
hearing. V*******... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 9, 2009,
ast Updated: 5th November 2009, 1:17pm
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Durham Police have nabbed one of several graffiti vandals that have
been "tagging" the south Ajax area. (Supplied photo)
Durham Police have nabbed one graffiti artist who has been vandalizing Ajax, but are still hunting for more.
An 18-year-old Pickering man has been charged with 11 counts of
mischief, and three drinking offenses. Because he was a minor when the
vandalism occurred, police are not releasing his iden... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
News
Nov 4 2009
George Mair
Young offenders will be taught how to spray graffiti behind bars as part of a £300,000 arts project.
In
a move attacked as "state-sponsored vandalism", leading graffiti artist
Elph is to teach his skills to inmates in Polmont Young Offenders
Institution.
The project is part of the Scottish Arts Council Inspiring Change scheme to take music, drama and visual arts into prisons.
The SAC are set to confirm the £300,000 funding this week.
But
the sche... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Busted
A STREET artist's graffiti damage has saddled him with an Asbo banning him from carrying spray paint in public for three years.
Three years ago Kane Andrews, right, and others filmed themselves carrying out wanton damage and obscene behaviour across the Bay before positing it on websites.
After
pleading guilty he was released on a two-year conditional discharge,
given a 12-month community service order, and ordered to complete 200
hours' unpaid work and ordered to pay ... Continue reading ...
By BRANDON GUARNERI and MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN
Last Updated:
5:46 AM, November 1, 2009
Graffiti vandalism is apparently so cool that an East Village hotel has decided to fake it.
In a wacky attempt at earning street cred, the swanky Cooper Square
Hotel has commissioned four graffiti "artists" to tag the Fifth Street
wall of an adjacent building it recently bought. One of the
taggers, Joyce Pensato, was going to town yesterday on her section of
the mural, w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Busted
A crook was captured after breaking into a car in Sheepshead Bay, authorities said Friday.
R****** G*****, 31, climbed inside a 1997 Nissan Maxima on Avenue R
near East 27th Street just before midnight Tuesday, sources said.
He soon exited, dropping two cellphone chargers and an MP3 player.
Members of the Flatbush Shomrim civilian patrol followed the suspect
and directed police to an intersection where Garcia and alleged getaway
driver José Hernandez, 37, were arrested.
Both were charged wit... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Events
breakdance.JPGOlivia Bucks/The OregonianMaria Velador, 11, a sixth-grader at Harvey Scott Elementary School in Portland, works on the "baby freeze" during the school's after-school hip-hop and break-dancing class. Instructor Levi Banner, who also teaches graffiti art in Portland, said the art forms give kids a way to express themselves and engage with others in a positive way.
Take "Fame," set it to a hip-hop beat and you have what could become Portland's newest public high school.
The Hig... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Busted
Bee Staff
Four men who were arrested in May for allegedly causing $80,000 in
damage by painting graffiti on walls throughout Roseville and Sacramento are facing 90-day jail sentences after pleading no contest to vandalism, according to the Placer County District Attorney.
The four will also be subject to paying for the damages and doing community service when they return to Placer County Superior Court for sentencing on Dec. 2, according to prosecutor Tracy Lunardi of... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Charged
DENVER - A reputed graffiti "artist" who once boated that he would
never be caught was found guilty of several graffiti-related crimes
Wednesday.
T****** B******, 27, was convicted of three counts of criminal
mischief, three counts of defacing public property and one count of
trespassing. He could face up to 36 months in jail when he is sentenced
on December 29th.
Denver Police say B****** was the leader of a Denver-area graffiti
tagging crew, many of whom have also been identified and arre... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Events
Thursday, October 29, 2009
More than 50 aerosol artists from Germany, Spain and all around the
country came to San Antonio to be part of the Clogged Caps 6 live art
graffiti festival Saturday at The Yard, 525 San Pedro Ave.
The event was sponsored by Red Bull energy drink and German Montana spray paint.
Supher, a graffiti artist, who paid for a street closure permit, organized and coordi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009,
In :
Artist
October 29, 2009 | 4:01
pm
 Shepard Fairey
has had a roller-coaster year. The Echo Park-based street artist
reached a career apex when his Obama “Hope” poster was inducted in the
Smithsonian, followed by a survey of his work at Boston’s Institute of
Contemporary Art, but lately Fairey has been dealing with the fallout
over a public battle with the Associated Press regarding propriety of
the “Hope” image.
Overshadowed by all the hoopla, Fairey has headed a clothing lab... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 2, 2009,
San Jose police say this tag of a giraff is the work of
  S******
F***, 30, of San Francisco was arrested Tuesday on a $100,000 warrant,
charging him in 10 felony cases in San Jose involving $40,000 in damages F***used the tagging moniker "Girafa," and the cartoon character of a giraffe, police said. During
a search of his San Francisco home, officers discovered thousands of
pictures of graffiti with the "Girafa" moniker and cartoon characters
of giraffes on several of his social Web sites. "He w...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 2, 2009,
In :
News
WHEN high-profile international graphic artist Jason Williams' plans
for a legal graffiti competition in Melbourne failed this month, he
resorted to plan B. Williams told other graffiti artists on his
Twitter page after finance for his ''Clash of the Titans'' contest
failed: ''F--- this shit. I'm going to paint as much as I can and then
get the f--- out of Dodge.'' The Californian then turned criminal
to hit eight known targets in 13 days from October 13 that included a
rail bridge, a train car... Continue reading ...
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