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Arrest warrant out for second MRT vandal suspect

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, In : WANTED 
 
   
 

SINGAPORE: A warrant of arrest has been issued for B****** L**** D*** A********, the man suspected to be an accomplice of the Swiss national charged with vandalising an MRT train in Singapore.

In a statement released late Monday evening, the Police said that, in consultation with the Attorney-General's Chambers, it applied for the arrest warrant and this was granted by the Subordinate Courts.

It add...

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Teams Of Taggers Have Cops Taking More Targeted Approach To Stop Graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 5, 2010, In : WANTED 

By Peter Bukowski

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Police searching for graffiti artist

Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 22, 2010, In : WANTED 
By Energeticcity.ca staff

The local RCMP is seeking public assistance in its hunt to find an unwelcome fence painter.

It follows a complaint last evening of a suspcious male spray painting the rear fence of the Shell Canada Upstream office, at the corner of 99th avenue and 87th street.

He's described only as dressed in a dark colored hoody and black down-filled jacket.

However, there's also a report he left the scene heading west on 100th avenue, in a Dark Blue Chevy pickup.

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Graffiti vandalism on the rise

Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 22, 2010, In : WANTED 

In recent weeks the Swift Current City RCMP have received numerous complaints of graffiti in the downtown area.

The person or persons responsible for these incidents has been spray painting the phrase "Killerz" on both residential and business properties.

Anyone with information on these acts of vandalism is asked to contact the Swift Current City RCMP at 778-4870 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.


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Brazen Graffiti Artist Caught On Tape

Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 22, 2010, In : WANTED 
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Reward offered in ‘ganja’ vandalism case

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 7, 2010, In : WANTED 
Germantown Police want to hear from anyone who has information about recent vandalism in Germantown parks. A Crime Stoppers reward is being offered to anyone supplying information that leads to an arrest.

On Friday morning, December 18, officers found a wooden fence completely torn down and cut and the initials “GK” spray painted on the park playground and skate park at Houston Levee Park, 9755 Wolf River Boulevard.

On Saturday morning, December 19, officers found graffiti painted on and ar...

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Does This Giraffe Look Guilty? Net Tightens Around Renowned S.F. Graffiti Artist 'Girafa'

Posted by Tag One on Monday, December 14, 2009, In : WANTED 
Late last month, San Jose cops made an announcement that reverberated like a shock wave through the ranks of local graffiti fans. Police in the South Bay metropolis believed they had unmasked the prominent artist-vandal known as "Girafa," a graffiti "writer" -- as such auteurs prefer to be called -- who has left an opus of charming giraffes on innumerable stret...

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Who Is This BNE Guy Putting Stickers Everywhere?

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, In : WANTED 
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Photo: antwerpenR

Who is BNE? Why are cities of the world covered in stickers bearing the graffiti artist's initials? And why is McDonald's his biggest rival?

"While in Japan, I suddenly realized that other graffiti writers weren't my competition, it was corporation...


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Artist Illegally Hangs Work at Brooklyn Museum

Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 21, 2009, In : WANTED 

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Astonishing. Graffiti artists are still doing the ol' "sneak into a museum and hang unsolicited work" trick. The latest, Mat Benote, fancies himself a "Fine Art Graffiti Artist" and has actually already pulled this stunt at the Guggenheim. His latest conquest was the walls of the Brooklyn Museum, and one of his minions wrote to tell us this is "the Cloak & Dagger style of graffiti art that he has become known for." So controversial! So... 2005!

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Graffiti artists leave mark downtown

Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 21, 2009, In : WANTED 
Published 09/21/09

They strike at night, over the weekend, and work in the shadow of darkness. Their weapon: spray paint.

Annapolis police are trying to stop these vandals from leaving their marks on buildings in the city.

Over the past month, police have found six instances of graffiti in the downtown area. The markings generally appear after 9 p.m. and are found on back alleys and the sides of buildin...


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Police hunting graffiti vandals

Posted by Tag One on Friday, September 11, 2009, In : WANTED 
By Joe Johnson  |  joe.johnson@onlineathens.com  |  Story updated at 11:46 pm on 9/9/2009
Athens-Clarke police are tracking down a group of men who apparently have spent the past month vandalizing buildings and property throughout the county.

Police don't know if the group that is spray-painting the name "DBK" around town is a gang, but the case has been assigned to an Athens-Clarke police gang investigator.

DBK first appeared Aug. 8 on a traffic light contro...


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Police searching for 'Monk' graffiti artist

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, August 23, 2009, In : WANTED 

Monday, August 17, 2009, 15:53

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Police are on the lookout for a graffiti artist in Gloucester.

The person responsible has been on a spate of graffiti using the tag 'Monk'.

The offender has used orange spray paint to mark various lo...


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‘Sum Z’ out of jail, tagging again?

Posted by Tag One on Friday, July 17, 2009, In : WANTED 

‘Sum Z’ out of jail, tagging again?

BY TONIA N. CIMINO
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:53 PM EDT
According to a police source, “Sum Z” may be at it again.

The graffitist, whose real name is J*** C********, 35, of Ozone Park, was arrested on 88th Street and 103rd Avenue in the early morning hours of Friday, August 29 of last year, after he and his female accomplice, Z***** L****, 22, were caught red-handed making graffiti on the outside of an 18-wheel tractor-tra...

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Los Altos police focus on San Jose graffiti crew in tagging spree

Posted by Officer Oh Shit on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, In : WANTED 

Los Altos police focus on San Jose graffiti crew in tagging spree

Los Altos police continue to search for four vandals who scratched graffiti into the windows of about 70 downtown businesses a week and a half ago, focusing on a tagging crew from San Jose.

At about 2 a.m. on June 20, police said, two men and two women spent 45 minutes going from business to business along Main Street, etching the tags "CLOPS NLT," "TWON" and swastikas into doors and window...


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Man wanted for graffiti vandalism

Posted by TAG on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, In : WANTED 

Man wanted for graffiti vandalism

Staff Reports • June 25, 2009 04:55 PM