Posted by Tag One on Thursday, July 22, 2010,
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A 4ft 3in graffiti vandal from London caused £40,000 of damage in
areas including the capital on a "tagging" spree - using a stepladder.
M*******
M******* was jailed for daubing his personalised signature on buildings
and trains in 11 London boroughs, as well as Hertfordshire, Sussex and
Kent.
The 27-year-old, who admitted causing criminal damage at an
earlier hearing, had carried out a campaign of vandalism over two years,
British Transport Police said.
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 30, 2010,
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Man pleads guilty to graffiti charges
Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Lindsay Carroll, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Police say Ian Debeer left this tag on
the Allegheny Wharf.
A man who allegedly caused more than $200,000 worth of damage with
his graffiti pleaded guilty to charges of vandalism today.
I** D*****, a 22-year-old originally from Buffalo, N.Y., had been
charged with 100 counts of vandalism to city, railroad and private
property. Prosecutors reduced some of his charges and withd...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, June 20, 2010,
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SAN BERNARDINO - A year of intelligence gathering
resulted in a two-day sweep of suspected graffiti vandals earlier this
week.
Thirteen people were arrested on various charges, including felony
vandalism, possession of marijuana, cultivation of marijuana, burglary,
outstanding warrants, felon in possession of ammunition and
probationary violations, said San Bernardino Police Department Sgt.
Dwight Waldo.
Firearms and narcotics were also confiscated during the raids
Wednesday...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 1, 2010,
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A Richmond graffiti artist will spend
time behind bars after vandalizing several local neighborhoods.
M****** A******* was sentenced last week after admitting to defacing
properties in the Fan District and Oregon Hill. Atkinson, who often
spray paints his "who" tag, will spend 10 weekend days behind bars,
allowing him to work during the week before turning himself in on
Saturdays and Sundays.
Police said A******* generally tags private property, and is known to
have spray-painted restau...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 19, 2010,
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CAPITOLA, Calif- After a 10 month long investigation, 19 year old
C********** J. H****, a.k.a J***** B***, was arrested
for felony vandalism.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Community Policing Team and
the Capitola Police Department have been investigating a the graffiti
vandal known as BLOT.
On April 8 Capitola Mall Security witnessed B*** tagging BLOT
graffiti on mall property. Mall Security detained B*** and Capitola
Police Officer Thompson conducted a preliminary investigati...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 22, 2010,
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Two men will be charged with being the
graffiti artists who caused about $4,200 in damage at locations
throughout the city, Pittsburgh police said Thursday.
St***** W*****, 22, of Overbrook and P****** W****, 22, of Dormont
are each accused of causing $2,100 in damage to 10 buildings and
properties that were vandalized, police said. The displays include
identifying trademarks such as "CCK," "3311," "DRAMA" and "SLAVE."
"CCK" stands for a group of graffiti vandals known as "Crazy, Crac...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010,
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A NOTORIOUS graffiti artist whose ‘tags’ could be found across
Birmingham has vowed to put down his pen permanently after he was caught
red-handed on camera, a court heard.
S**** T***** was finally snared by officers last year after CCTV
captured him defacing a wall separating platforms four and five at New
Street train station, it emerged at Birmingham Magistrates Court.
The court also heard how the 22-year-old, who scrawled under various
guises including Data, Dater and Dater Ibs...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010,
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Security guards at Santa Cruz's Red Room bar
early Saturday morning caught a man suspected of spray painting a Santa
Cruz police car; investigators say evidence points to the man as being a
"prolific" vandal.
K*** A******** H***, 24, of San Francisco, was stopped by security
guards just after midnight Friday; a bar customer told the guards a man
had just painted graffiti on the wall of a hotel on Locust Street,
police report. A police car parked nearby was found to...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010,
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A man is facing dozens of mischief charges after a number of Old
Strathcona buildings were defaced with graffiti.
Graffiti tags were found on homes and businesses in southwest
Edmonton between Aug. 17 and Dec. 1 of last year.
Cops say the charges come after an “extensive” investigation.
“I would suggest this is probably our single biggest instance where
we’re laying so many charges in relation to graffiti,” said Const.
Gerald Jorgenson, graffiti project co-ordinator with EP...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, January 26, 2010,
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CORPUS CHRISTI —
A graffiti vandal has been sentenced to a year and a half in state jail for vandalism to several buildings including a church.
C**** G*******, 18, pleaded guilty Jan. 6 to felony graffiti and
two misdemeanor graffiti counts. Magistrate Judge Melissa Madrigal
sentenced him to 18 months in state jail on the felony, 40 days in
county jail on the misdemeanors and revoked his probation in a drug
case, according to online court records.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, January 10, 2010,
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LEXINGTON – J***** C**********, 20, appeared in Dawson
County Court Thursday afternoon and pleaded guilty to half of the
counts of graffiti he allegedly committed on or about Oct. 31, 2009.
C**********was charged with “knowingly and intentionally applying
graffiti of any type on any building, public or private, or any other
tangible property owned by any person without permission of the owner
or operator of the property,” for the following locations: Strike and
Spare Bowl, Tom Mathies, T... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, January 3, 2010,
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Graffiti vandals in Western Australia will face two years in jail or
a $24,000 fine under tough new laws to come into effect on January 1.
The new legislation will double the maximum penalty for vandalism.
Retailers
will also be slapped with a $6000 fine for selling implements such as
spray cans or non-water soluble marker pens, with a tip over 6mm wide,
to people under the age of 18.
WA Attorney General
Christian Porter on Thursday said the new laws were d...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, December 20, 2009,
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A 17-year-old Reno juvenile has been arrested by Reno police on
felony graffiti charges after he allegedly admitted to carrying out 271
graffiti vandalism incidents throughout the city, police said Thursday.
Police
detectives say the suspect was also arrested in August after witnesses
identified him as the individual responsible for graffiti vandalism
under the bridge at Booth Street and Idlewild Drive for which he is
currently on probation, police said.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, December 20, 2009,
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By Dennis Romero
The graffiti artist known as Revok was charged today after he was arrested last month at a show of his work in Mid-City.
The 32-year-old whose real name is REVOK was charged with
one misdemeanor count of possessing graffiti tolls and and three
misdemeanor counts of possessing stolen property. A sheriff's
department Special Problems Team along with California Highway Patrol
officers and the Los Angeles Police Department's graffi...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, December 14, 2009,
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Richmond police say they have arrested the person responsible for several acts of graffiti vandalism in the City.
Investigators say 33 year old C*** N**** of Richmond defaced several
locations in the Oregon Hill neighborhood along with city parks. They
say he used the tag name "Dr. Bastard."
They say they found proof after a search of N****'s Cherry Street residence.
He's been charged with three counts of destruction of property and o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 16, 2009,
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New
London – Angry property owners addressed a Superior Court judge this
morning upon hearing that Robert V. Guess, accused of vandalizing
dozens of downtown buildings with graffiti, would serve only five weeks
in prison and two years probation.
Guess, who has been held on $50,000 bond since his Sept. 29 arrest,
pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree criminal mischief and
admitted to violating his probation from an earlier graffiti case. He
agreed to remain in prison until Nov. 3, ...
THREE
men from Kingston and Richmond were among a group of six vandals
who pleaded guilty to causing £270,000 of damage to trains.
F*****
H****, 23, of Ailsa Road, Twickenham, S**** O*****, 21, of Jillian
Close, Hampton and S***** B****, 20, of Cardinal Avenue, Kingston
admitted more than 125 graffiti offences on trains across the country
at Isleworth Crown Court on October 7.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 12, 2009,
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A Petoskey man, who recently admitted to spray painting several
buildings in Harbor Springs, including Nub’s Nob, was sentenced to
probation and jail time Wednesday in 90th District Court.
M******
A****** M**F****** 20, was arrested July 23 by deputies from the Emmet
County Sheriff’s Department for spray painting the words “fresh” and
“dope” in red and black spray paint on the walls of the Harbor Springs
Sewage Authority substation, Hideaway Valley’s well house, as well as a
vari... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 12, 2009,
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By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff
A 27-year-old New York graffiti artist was sentenced today to six
months in jail for spray-painting graffiti in the Back Bay and at the
MBTA's Orient Heights rail yard.
D******* B****** was also ordered to serve five years of probation that
will be supervised by New York officials; to stay out of Boston for
that period; to undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment, if
necessary; and to pay restitution, with the amount to be determined at
a Dec. 15...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
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A
NOTORIOUS graffiti vandal turned acclaimed artist has escaped a prison
sentence for his past life defacing trains and private property.
The
Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday heard R****** O**** F***, 23, was
a renowned aerosol artist in the international graffiti "sub-culture"
before police raided his home in June last year.
Police found numerous spray paint cans along with a computer hard
drive containing photos and videos of F*** and others spray painting
trains, walls and ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, September 24, 2009,
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A VANDAL who caused more than
£8000-worth of graffiti damage to railway property in the West End of
Glasgow has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service.
P****** P*****, 19, of Beith Street, P******, was sentenced at
Glasgow Sheriff Court after earlier pleading guilty to five vandalism
offences.
He is believed to be a member of a notorious graffiti gang called
BTS and his distinctive "ONCE" and "TUNE" tags were daubed on walls in
the Jordanhill and Partick areas of the ci...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, September 23, 2009,
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September 18, 2009 08:30am
A
ROCKINGHAM teenager is facing 74 charges after allegedly going on a
graffiti spree, which police say will cost about $20,000 to clean up.
Rockingham
police are targeting graffiti offences and have charged 15 people with
more than 500 counts of causing criminal damage during the past two
months.
The latest alleged vandal to be arrested is a
19-year-old man who was yesterday charged with spraying his ta...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, September 23, 2009,
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One suspect in the Petoskey graffiti vandalism case is scheduled for sentencing later this month.
After
pleading guilty Aug. 26 to malicious destruction of personal property
between $200 and $1,000 — a one-year misdemeanor — which is one of the
two original charges against him, 18-year-old A******** C**********
Iuni — hometown unknown — was able to have a five-year felony charge —
malicious destruction of a building between $1,000 and $20,000 —
against him dropped.
Still frame from a video posted on YouTube showing a graffiti artist painting his tag on a highway overpass in Los Angeles.
Climbing onto an overpass above the Hollywood Freeway in broad daylight to paint his tag in letters six feet high while a video camera captured it all on tape
must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but now that a graffiti
artist named Cyrus Yazdani has been sentenced to three years and eight
months in state prison in Californ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 7, 2009,
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ESTERO: Deputies have arrested a teenager in connection with one of a string of recent vandalisms in the Estero area.
B*******
S****, 17, on Wednesday gave deputies a statement indicating her
involvement with the graffiti, specifically to the vandalism at the
Estero Community Park.
"It was in the street, on the sidewalk,
on the lightpoles, benches and picnic tables," said Ron Alexander of
Lee County Facilities Management.
County officials estimate it will cost between $3,000 $6,000 to cle...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, August 25, 2009,
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A Keizer teen will serve five years' probation for committing 120
acts of vandalism in Salem and Keizer earlier this year, a Marion
County Juvenile Court judge ruled Thursday.
The
15-year-old pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first-degree criminal
mischief, which is a felony. He also admitted to committing 110 other
acts of graffiti.
Judge
Michael Livingston said the only thing that saved the 15-year-old from
incarceration for the graffiti spree was his cooperation with police.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, August 23, 2009,
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"Nerd" Sentenced For Spearheading Graffiti Effort
An Allentown man known as the "nerd" tagger is going to jail. Officials
with the District Attorney's office say D***** L****** was sentenced to
one to two years in prison today. Police say Latorre headed up a gang
of teenagers that spray- painted more than 200 "Nerd" tags throughout
Allentown. L****** pleaded guilty in June.
Posted by Tag One on Friday, August 14, 2009,
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August 11, 2009
By The Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)
— A 21-year-old graffiti artist police say spray-painted locations throughout Santa Clara will be out thousands of dollars and spend up to a year in jail.
After
being charged with 11 counts of vandalism, R**** K****** agreed to
plead no contest last week to two felony and two misdemeanor counts of
vandalism.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, July 27, 2009,
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WATSONVILLE --
Serial tagger J*** H********* H******** was sentenced to three years'
probation Friday for felony vandalism and participation in a tagging
crew.
H******** was charged with felony vandalism after
Watsonville graffiti abatement officers asked law enforcement to catch
the individual responsible for tagging on more than 100 locations
throughout the city over the past year.
On April 30, 2008,
H******** was arrested after a person reported seeing two individuals
spray painting in t...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, July 19, 2009,
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Turtle graffiti artist arrested
Posted:
Jul 17, 2009 1:13 PM EDT
An Elkhart graffiti artist who left his signature turtle spray painted across the city is now behind bars.
The
Elkhart Police Department said there's over sixty cases where a turtle
was painted or drawn on various businesses and homes throughout the
city.
A detective working the cases and recently developed a suspect, 20 year-old R*** L*****,
in at least some of the cases. The detectivereferred 9 of the cases to
the Prosecut...
Posted by Damn on Saturday, July 11, 2009,
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UTAH GETS JAIL FOR SPRAY-PAINTING TRAIN
A Queens graffiti vandal with a habit of
spray-painting subway trains was given a slap on the wrist today when a judge
sentenced her to just a few weeks in jail.
D******* B******, 27, known by her tag name "Utah,"
pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court earlier this year to criminal mischief,
which carries a six-month jail sentence.
But before pleading guilty to the charge in Queens,
B****** admitted to the same crime in Manhattan and agreed with p...
Posted by FACE on Friday, July 3, 2009,
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Graffiti vandal charged
A BERWICK graffiti vandal has been arrested after causing more than $34,000 damage around the City of Casey.
Police
arrested the 19-year-old man at his house on 4 June and charged him
with two counts of theft and five counts of criminal damage. The arrest
comes as members of the Casey Response Unit clamped down on graffiti
crime in the area, with the backing of the council.
Posted by OOPS on Sunday, June 28, 2009,
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Teen arrested for graffiti
By TERRI SANGINITI • The News Journal
• June 26, 2009
A
19-year-old Wilmington man was arrested Thursday as part of an
Anti-Graffiti Task Force investigation for vandalism in three different
jurisdictions in New Castle County.
MANCHESTER – A
self-described graffiti legend was sentenced to a year in jail and,
after he made an obscene comment to a news photographer, the judge
found him in contempt and added another 30 days.
"You are not an
artist. You are not a legend. You are just a criminal," Hillsborough
County Superior Court Judg...
Posted by V 4 VANDAL on Wednesday, May 20, 2009,
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Cops tag serial vandal in PTC
Tue, 05/19/2009 - 4:05pm
By: John Munford
Peachtree City police have filed more criminal charges against a Senoia man for graffiti painted in several areas of town.
P**** J*** L****, 23, of Stonebridge Way, Senoia, is accused of
“tagging” graffiti on rear business doors at the Braelinn shopping
center and brick walls at First Baptist Church and Kane Yama Japanese
Steakhouse & Sushi Bar, according to warrants for his arrest.
Posted by TAGONE on Monday, May 18, 2009,
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Jail time urged for convicted graffiti vandals
By DAN TUOHY New Hampshire Union Leader
MANCHESTER – Prosecutors
want two men accused of being graffiti taggers, one of whom allegedly
boasted they were "legends," to go straight to jail for a year.
Manchester police also seek stiff penalties, such as jail time, as a deterrent.
While the punishment needs to fit the crime, community leaders say, jail time is important in these high-profile ca...
Posted by TAG UNO on Friday, May 15, 2009,
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Graffiti Vandal Who Caused $16,000 in Damage Pled No Contest
Posted: May 14, 2009 06:17 PM
Updated: May 14, 2009 07:09 PM
SANTA
CRUZ, Calif- C*** El*** C****** of Aptos, age 21 pled no contest to
one count of felony vandalism and nine counts of misdemeanor vandalism.
Sheriff's
Office began investigating the graffiti vandal known as SAKE or SAKER
in February 2009. Through the investigation, the moniker was identified
as that of C******.
C******'s tags were found on private
businesses, ...
Posted by TAGONE on Wednesday, May 6, 2009,
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Train graffiti vandal jailed for nine months
May 05, 2009
A
TEENAGE graffiti vandal has been jailed for his part in a £100,000
conspiracy to commit criminal damage on railways in Surrey, Hampshire,
Berkshire, Dorset, Buckinghamshire and south London.
D***** R******, 19, was part of a gang which defaced trains and stations between January 2006 and December 2007.
He plastered carriages at Farnham, Guildford, Woking and Redhill
with the ‘tags’ G...
