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Teen arrested for graffiti

Posted by OOPS on Sunday, June 28, 2009, In : Charged 

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.

A YOB who sprayed graffiti over a garden wall is being hunted by police.

The vandal daubed the slogan “KLTV” on the front of a garden wall in Victoria Road, South Woodham Ferrers.

Police say this is not the first time the yob has struck and he has been spray...


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Legendary graffiti at Artlife

Posted by Eric Genaro on Thursday, June 25, 2009, In : News 

Legendary graffiti at Artlife

Zephyr helped establish the style, but laments the hip hop connection


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Graffiti and a knife charge — that’s it

Posted by tag on Thursday, June 25, 2009, In : Busted 

Graffiti and a knife charge — that’s it

The Brooklyn Paper

Paint it black

Police made two arrests earlier this month for graffiti “artists” defacing property in Red Hook and Carroll Gardens.

On June 8, an officer nabbed a 22-year-old man who was allegedly spray-painting a telephone poll on Coffey Street at 1:55 am. The vandal had a can of black paint and a stencil book on the block between Ferris and Conover streets, the officer said.

The previous night, a ...

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Graffiti vandals caught in the act

Posted by tag on Thursday, June 25, 2009,

Graffiti vandals caught in the act

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | 8:59 AM

San Leandro police caught four accused graffiti vandals in the act with a little help from the Alameda County Fire.

Police took the four suspects into custody on felony vandalism charges. Officers say the suspects were caught spray painting graffiti on the side of a warehouse on Washington Street....


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Graffiti artists in Watford clean up their act

Posted by WHO on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, In : Busted 

Graffiti artists in Watford clean up their act


Prolific graffiti artists, who daubed their tags across Watford, have been forced to clean up their ac...


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Suspected Graffiti Vandal Caught 'Red' Handed

Posted by tagone on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, In : Busted 

Suspected Graffiti Vandal Caught 'Red' Handed

Reported by: Lance Barry
Email: lance.barry@wcpo.com
Last Update: 6/22 10:40 am
Cincinnati police say the actions of a graffiti artist weren't "2 Kool" over the weekend.

Police say 19-year-old R*** E**** of Over-the-Rhine was seen using a red ink pen to write "2 Kool" on a traffic box on the 200 block of Central Parkway not far from his home.

When they approached him, police sa...

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Juveniles arrested for 49th graffiti

Posted by TAGONE on Saturday, June 20, 2009, In : Busted 

Juveniles arrested for 49th graffiti

by amanda marinaccio
Friday, June 19, 2009 10:13 AM EDT
As residents continue to complain of graffiti affecting their quality of life, the 49th Precinct is stepping up enforcement, producing two arrests.

“This is a problem and we have officers out there targeting locations and we are putting a lot of resources into graffiti arrests,” said Captain John Greeley of the 49th Precinct. “Quality of life issues are very important ...

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Six "intelligent and well-educated" Australians have been jailed for causing damage put at £70,000 during a six-month graffiti spree in London.

Posted by TAGONE on Friday, June 19, 2009,

Australians jailed over graffiti

Six "intelligent and well-educated" Australians have been jailed for causing damage put at £70,000 during a six-month graffiti spree in London.

The men targeted Tube and overground trains, Southwark Crown Court heard.

The graffiti artists, who all admitted criminal damage, were caught in Ilford, east London, by police officers who heard rattling cans and smel...


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Police accuse Brookline man with graffiti vandalism

Posted by TAGONE on Friday, June 19, 2009, In : Busted 
Police accuse Brookline man with graffiti vandalism
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Pittsburgh Police announced today that they have arrested their fourth most wanted graffiti vandal.

Police said M******* C********, 24, of Brookline, was arrested yesterday.

They said he is responsible for the tags "AGANY" and "AGANY-ON...


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'SUAVE' Main Street graffiti vandal arrested

Posted by TAGONE on Sunday, June 7, 2009, In : Charged 

'SUAVE' Main Street graffiti vandal arrested

Published: Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:06 PM CDT
 Newark Police  arrested a 17-year-old male from Newark after he was identified as a graffiti vandal. The juvenile was charged with five counts of graffiti. Working with information garnered by the Graffiti Task Force, the investigation determined that the defendant marked the tag “SUAVE” in at least five locations in the Main Street area. The juvenile was release...
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