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Graffiti artist charged 68 times for tagging locations across Brooklyn

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, In : Charged 






















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Graffiti ‘artist’ sentenced

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, March 7, 2013, In : Charged 

One of the two men who allegedly painted graffiti around the city in April 2012 has pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday.

Zachary Joseph Karels, 24, of Fergus Falls, pleaded guilty in Otter Tail County District Court to one count of third degree damage to property, a gross misdemeanor. District Judge Waldemar Senyk sentenced him to 180 days in jail, with 170 days stayed for two years. He also must pay a $900 fine and $297.90 in restitution.

Karels was charged in August 2012 after alleg...


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Teen facing 150 mischief charges over Edmonton graffiti spree

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, March 7, 2013, In : Charged 
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17-year-old 'Brute' is facing more than 150 mischief charges for a series of alleged graffiti offences in Edmonton
Bruce Edwards / Edmonton Journal17-year-old 'Brute' is facing more than 150 mischief charges for a series of alleged graffiti offences in Edmonton

EDMONTON — A 17-year-old boy is facing more than 150 mischief charges for a series of alleged graffiti offences in Edmonton.

Since 2010, police have received complaints regarding graffiti vandalism at more than 250 public and private locations that carries the tag “Brute.”

Police stopped what they call a suspicious-lo...


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Picasso graffiti vandal remains jailed on $500,000 bond, called a flight risk

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, In : Charged 

Image from video posted to YouTube that captured a man spray-painting the 1929 Picasso, "Woman in a Red Armchair," at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, on June 13, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) HOUSTON - A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting - an act that was caught on cellphone video - must remain jailed on $500,000 bond because he is a flight risk, a Houston judge ruled Wednesday.

Uriel Landeros, 22, is charged with graffiti and criminal mischief ...


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Graffiti art tutor let off Stanley blade charge

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 3, 2013, In : Charged 

SURPRISING as it may seem, it emerged in the course of one trial that Dublin children are now being given seminars in graffiti.

A keen artist who found himself accused of a weapons charge offered the explanation to a judge, and was acquitted.

James Morgan (25), inset, had been stopped by gardai in Dublin city centre who found a Stanley blade in his bag.

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He was charged with possession of a weapon, but explained he had been using the blade to carve cardboard templates to teac...


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Burbank graffiti removal firm worker charged with making business for himself

Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 12, 2012, In : Charged 

BURBANK - A 53-year-old man who works for a graffiti removal company under contract to the city of Burbank is facing possible vandalism, burglary, and forgery charges today for allegedly making work for himself.

Enrique Medrano, 53, was arrested Thursday, Burbank police Sgt. Darin Ryburn said.

His employer, Graffiti Protective Coatings Inc., is paid about $100,000 per year to cover tagging-prone surfaces with a protective coating that eases graffiti removal, according to Burb...


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Police think they've spotted 'UCME' graffiti artist

Posted by Tag One on Friday, August 10, 2012, In : Charged 
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A Charlottesville man has been charged with four counts of destruction of property in relation to a string of repetitive graffiti taggings in the area stretching from West Rio Road to Barracks Road in early July.

Christopher James Benck, 23, so far faces three counts of destruction of property in Albemarle County and one count in Charlottesville. Police are asking anyone who suffered damage...


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GRAFFITI CRACKDOWN: Police seize artwork from gallery opening

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, In : Charged 

The owner of an Edmonton arts supplies store and gallery where police seized dozens of pieces of graffiti art this week says the raid will likely discourage illegal artists from going legitimate.

Kim Fjordbotten, owner of The Paint Spot on Whyte Avenue, says six officers showed up at her business on June 14 shortly before an opening reception for an exhibit that included many pieces by an artist identified only as “DP.” The officers had a warrant that stated they were there to collect artw...


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Graffiti artist Vomet strikes a deal, takes probation

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, In : Charged 


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Two Atlanta graffiti artists arrested last year after the City of Atlanta’s controversial Graffiti Task Force kicked into full swing pleaded guilty to multiple counts earlier this week in municipal court.

Christopher “Vomet” Smith, 29, and Douglas “Beav” Jones, 19, both entered guilty pleas on four counts each related to their artistic discrepancies.

Both received six months probation, fines ranging between $300-$500 (plus court costs), and restitution of $3,550...


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"Beav" And "Vomet" Graffiti Hearings Set For June 6

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, In : Charged 

Two alleged serial graffiti vandals are expected to appear in court June 6th.

D****** G******* J****, 19, and C********* E*** S****, 29 — are charged with multiple counts of violating the city ordinance on graffiti abatement and destruction of property.

J**** uses the tag "Beav," police say, while S**** uses the tag "Vomet."

J****' attorney, has accepted a negotiated plea deal, though specifics of that agreement have not yet been released. He is expected to be sentenced on June 6th.

S****'s tri...


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2 charged in 'Kidnap the mayor' graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, May 24, 2012, In : Charged 
2 charged in 'Kidnap the mayor' graffiti
SEATTLE -- Two Seattle residents accused of vandalizing the Moore Theater and several other buildings prior to the May 1 protests are now facing felony charges.

King County prosecutors contend Kristin L. Sposito and Brian P. Greenwood painted anarchist slogans on downtown buildings weeks before May Day, when black-clad protestors smashed windows around downtown Seattle.

Writing the court, Deputy Prosecutor Benjamin Carr contended Sposito, 32, and Greenwood, 30, caused about $14,400 in damage du...

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City sues two to recoup costs for vandalism cleanup following Occupy Oakland protests

Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 30, 2012, In : Charged 
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Occupy Oakland march chaos

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OAKLAND, Calif. — 

The Oakland City Attorney's Office has begun filing lawsuits seeking to recover damages from two people charged with spray painting city property during a January Occupy Oakland protest.

The city filed the lawsuits against C**** W*********, 25, and P*** W****, 25, this month seeking $400 to cover the cost of cleaning up city property, plus special and punitive...


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Probation for city man in graffiti case

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, April 19, 2012, In : Charged 
Saturday April 14, 2012

PITTSFIELD -- A Pittsfield man charged with more than 200 counts of property vandalism for graffiti tagging was on Friday given two years of probation and ordered to pay close to $9,500 in restitution and perform 1,000 hours of community service following a Central Berk shire District Court appearance.

David M. Jones Jr., 31, of Cecelia Terrace, admitted leaving his graffiti tag on various str...


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Graffiti vandals a blight on society, says magistrate

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, In : Charged 
Steve Butcher
April 4, 2012
A graffiti tag used in evidence.

A graffiti tag used in evidence.

A SENIOR Victorian magistrate has slammed four men from an organised graffiti ''subculture'' syndicate as ''vandals'' whose Melbourne-wide defacings were a ''blight on our society''.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Dan Muling yesterday jailed J**** B***, 39, who offended over an almost 10-year period and who has prior convictions from more than 20 years ago.

Mr Muling dismissed a non-custodial order against B***, who painted his ''tag'' on 100 t...


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"Beav" And "Vomet" Graffiti Trials Pushed Back

Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 12, 2012, In : Charged 

The attorney for two alleged graffiti vandals had their trials pushed back several months, arguing city lawyers have blocked him from reviewing the evidence they have against his clients.

Arguing Wednesday afternoon before Chief Judge Crystal A. Gaines in Atlanta Municipal Court, Atlanta attorney Daniel Kane said city officials have stymied and stonewalled his efforts to see affidavits, witness statements and video images of graffiti tags.

Kane's clients — D****** G******* J****, 19, and C***...


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Obama Poster Artist Guilty of Contempt

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, In : Charged 

Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:09am EST

If you asked anyone what would land Shepard Fairey in jail, they would probably point to his graffiti. But alas, it isn't so. The street artist, who gained popularity with his red, white and blue Obama "Hope" poster,  has pleaded guilty to criminal contempt.                                                                                                                                                                           ...


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Calgary teen faces over 100 graffiti charges

Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Charged 
A Calgary teen faces more than 100 graffiti charges.
 

A Calgary teen faces more than 100 graffiti charges.

Photograph by: Stuart Franklin, Getty Images

CALGARY — A teenager who had previously been charged committing graffiti has again been busted by police and faces charges in 45 more cases.

The teen, who can’t be named because he was under 18 for some of the most recent taggings, faces over 100 charges for a graffiti spree between July, 2011 and January of this year.

He is now 18 years old.

“He has a history of graffiti vandalism from the pas...


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Bristol graffiti artist jailed for a year

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 12, 2012, In : Charged 

Bristol graffiti artist jailed for a year

D***** T******, 26, a graffiti artist who caused £1million worth of damage across Bristol has been jailed for a year. He admitted to have sprayed the tag "Dotcom" (pictured) onto buildings, cars, signs and trains, and also pleaded guilty for assaulting a policeman, possessing cannabis, failing to surrender to court and breaching an Asbo.

Before having to face jail, D***** T*******, of Dove Street in Kingsdown, was considered a street art talent who already exhibited at galleries and was offer...


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Santa Rosa: 'Slick1' tire-slashing vandal gets six months in jail and probation

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, In : Charged 


A Santa Rosa man who used the moniker "SLICK1" when he vandalized his neighbors' vehicles was sentenced to six months in jail and three years' probation today in Sonoma County Superior Court.

V******* Mc*****, 23, also was ordered to pay nearly $19,000 restitution to the 22 victims of the tire-slashing spree in the Santa Rosa Junior College neighborhood in September and October.

Among the vandalism victims were Mc******'s father, the mother of his child, her parents and an ex-girlfriend, accord...


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Bristol graffiti vandal's 288 attacks cost thousands

Posted by Tag One on Monday, December 12, 2011, In : Charged 

A PROLIFIC graffiti vandal who was sentenced last year for causing damage totalling £10,000 across Bristol has struck again – this time leaving a clean-up bill of at least £3,800 in his wake.

M****** J****, 20, admitted he was responsible for 142 offences of criminal damage when he appeared before court in November last year.

He was hauled before court again on Friday and admitted being behind a further 146 offences of graffiti tagging.

J****...


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Brandon hit by spray paint vandal

Posted by Tag One on Monday, December 5, 2011, In : Charged 

Another graffiti vandal has struck again in Brandon.

Sometime overnight between Thursday and Friday, several businesses along 18th Street had graffiti sprayed on them, Brandon police reported.

Walls, doors and vehicles had graffiti on them from the 500-to 1100-block of 18th Street.

Approximately 25 businesses had been damaged.

The suspects spray painted the words "Rip," "Frog," and "Resist," along with other shapes using black spray paint.

Police said Saturday they had no witnesses or suspects.

The...


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Graffiti legend was also an NYPD officer .

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, In : Charged 

Police have discovered the identity of one of New York City’s most prolific graffiti vandals -- and he’s one of their own.

Steven W*******, 43, of Flushing, a patrolman who retired from the NYPD in 2001 after hurting his leg, is the notorious “Neo” -- one of the peskiest subway taggers of the 1980s.

And the spray-painting miscreant is making a comeback, cops say.

“He’s definitely prolific,” a source said.

Transit cops investigating graffiti in northeast Queens watched as Neo’s tag...


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Seven charged over flood graffiti spree

Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 29, 2011, In : Charged 
Sean Baumgart
August 9, 2011

Police have charged seven people in the wake of a graffiti spree that targeted unattended trains during the January floods and resulted in a $113,000 damage bill.

Aged in their late teens or early 20s, the accused face almost 800 counts of wilful damage by graffiti after a joint police and Brisbane City Council operation.

They are all set to face court by early November.

One of the accused, a 21-year-old from Coorparoo faces 324 coun...


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Teens charged over graffiti spree after schools tip-off

Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 8, 2011, In : Charged 
TWO teenagers have been accused of spray painting 75 separate graffiti tags in a single night after going on a two-mile vandalism spree.


• School pupils helped police track their suspects through the use of distinctive tags. 

The 17-year-olds were traced by police after officers visited schools in the Bonaly, Colinton and Oxgangs area where the graffiti appeared.

Pupils were able to point to the suspects from the distinctive tags - AERO, SB and DARE - which were spr...


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'OZ,' German Graffiti Artist, Faces Jail Time After Work Is Ruled Vandalism

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, In : Charged 
German Graffiti Artist

First Posted: 7/29/11 03:29 PM ET Updated: 7/29/11 03:29 PM ET



Die Welt/Worldcrunch :

It comes down to this: is graffiti art or vandalism? For 20 years, a single man with a spray can has forced Hamburg courts to weigh this very question. On Friday, a judge ruled it was in fact vandalism, sentencing the 61-year-old spray painter, who goes by the name "OZ," to 14 months in prison.

Referred by the courts as W****** F., the Hamburg resident has more than 120,000 graffiti to his name. These consist m...


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Middletown police arrest graffiti 'artist' (with video)

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, In : Charged 

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MIDDLETOWN — After a year-long investigation, Middletown police have arrested a graffiti artist who has been plaguing the downtown area with spray paint.

Lt. Heather Desmond and Lt. Gary Wallace announced the suspect’s arrest at a press conference Monday. They said the suspect is now 18 but is being tried as a juvenile offender because he was 17 when he allegedly did the graffiti. Because of his juvenile status, police didn’t release his name or address, though they did s...


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Prolific graffiti vandal jailed for 27 months

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, In : Charged 

One of Britain's most notorious graffiti vandals who attacked railways and even a funeral home has been jailed for 27 months.

D***** H*****, 24, was arrested byBritish Transport Police after his tags, including Tox, were identified in London,GlasgowBristolLeicester, Market Harborough, Kettering, Chippenham, and the funeral home in Bath.

He sprayed graffiti on buses in Brixton, and rail property in Southfields as well as in Scotland between 2007 and last year. But H******, an unemployed stud...


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Graffiti artist caught and told to remove tag as part of punishment

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, In : Charged 

A teenager from Midsomer Norton who caused thousands of pounds worth of damage by spray painting his graffiti 'tag' on shops, homes and buildings across Bath and North East Somerset over a number of years has been caught.

The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faced magistrates at Bath's Youth Court who ordered him to carry out community service and see for himself just how difficult and costly it is to remove spray paint from Bath stone.

He will have to join the council's ...


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Alleged graffiti vandal "RYZEN" and "RYZER"charged

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, May 15, 2011, In : Charged 

PITTSFIELD -- A 30-year-old man has been charged with 199 counts of property vandalism for allegedly leaving his graffiti tag on a series of city structures spanning a 10-month period.

D**** M. J**** Jr. of Plunkett Street, Pittsfield, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday when he was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court. He was released on personal recognizance, pending a pre-trial hearing on June 23.

According to court documents, the incidents took place in Pittsfield between M...


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Additional charges for accused graffiti vandal

Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 11, 2011, In : Charged 

Community Affairs Officer Barbara Stevens reported to Historic City News that over the course of the past two months, the St. Augustine Police Department has successfully linked 18 year-old H***** P****** C**** to additional graffiti vandalism.

Historic City News local crime reporters first reported that on February 4, 2011, C**** was arrested and charged with 18 counts of vandalism. According to police, C**** painted the word “Duru” on property throughout the downtown area.

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Serial graffiti tagger sentenced to 270 days in jail, more than $20,000 in restitution

Posted by Tag One on Saturday, March 26, 2011, In : Charged 

SANTA CRUZ -- An 18-year-old responsible for more than 160 graffiti tags in Santa Cruz County in recent months was sentenced to 270 days in jail and ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution to the victims, a Santa Cruz County Superior judge ruled Wednesday.

A******* J***** pleaded guilty on Feb. 7 to three counts of felony vandalism and seven counts of misdemeanor vandalism. Prosecutor Jason Gill said in court Wednesday that J****** had essentially stolen thousands of dollars from his v...


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Police charge 89 vandals in graffiti sting

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, In : Charged 


Police have charged 89 people during a two-week crackdown on graffiti, vandalism and associated antisocial behaviour.

The youths and adults arrested were facing a total of 301 charges after the first phase of Operation Eraser, a year-long crackdown on vandalism which costs the community about $25 million a year to clean up and fix.

Det-Sen. Sgt Brad Royce said 60 of those accused of damaging buses and trains were under 18, with six of them facing a total of 145 criminal damage charges.

One 16-ye...


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Brooklyn Graffiti Artist "GEAR" receives 42 count indictment

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, In : Charged 

 New York — A Brooklyn graffiti vandal got tagged with a 42-count indictment Thursday for using acid to etch his "GEAR" and "G7" markings into Queens bus shelters.

A******** T*******, 19, faces four years in prison for causing $5,100 in damage to 21 glass bus shelters in 2009.

"We will not allow such individuals to mar the beauty of our city or threaten to return us to the days when our transit system and our highways and buildings were covered with graffiti," said Queens District Attorney Ri...


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Graffiti vandal caught after leaving 'signature' in police cell

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, In : Charged 

Graffiti: Batchelor tagged his own police cell after being arrested for defacing public property. Pic: © STV

A graffiti vandal was caught red handed after he left his distinctive signature on a police cell door after he was held over a similar incident.

R***** B*******, 17, was arrested after police caught him using black shoe polish to mark a bus shelter with his graffiti signature REZM.

But when police custody officers let him out of his cell at Tayside Police’s Dundee headquarters, they no...


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'Seed' gets year in jail, order to clean-up his own graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, In : Charged 
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Some of Seth King's graffiti handiwork can be found on a freeway sound wall in north Columbus. He must remove the vandalism after serving his one-year jail sentence.
Some of Seth King's graffiti handiwork can be found on a freeway sound wall in north Columbus. He must remove the vandalism after serving his one-year jail sentence.
A 19-year-old graffiti vandal will have plenty of time to reflect on his pending date with scrub brushes and paint brushes in the Clintonville, Northland and the University District.

S*** K***, also known by his tag name as "Seed," of Pontiac Street in North Linden...

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Tagger sentenced to one year in jail

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, February 24, 2011, In : Charged 

S*** M. K*** spread his SEED tag over countless buildings in Clintonville, Northland and the University District.

And now he'll spend a year in ...


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Man fined over tram stop vandalism

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, February 24, 2011, In : Charged 

Police released CCTV vision recently of D***** I** F******, 27, and another man etching graffiti into a window last August.

F****** told the court he had been drinking and could not remember causing the damage.

The magistrate fined him $250 and ordered he pay half the damage bill, which was estimated at more than $2,000.

Another man will face court in March.


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Graffiti Artist "HEXO" Pleads Guilty to 160 Acts of Vandalism

Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 14, 2011, In : Charged 

An 18-year-old Watsonville man who was tied to 160 acts of graffiti around Santa Cruz County pleaded guilty in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Tuesday to three felony counts and seven misdemeanor counts of vandalism.

A****** R****** J***** will be sentenced March 9. District Attorney Bob Lee's office says it expects J***** will receive a county jail sentence and perform one year of cleaning up graffiti. He will also have to pay back more than $25,000 of ...


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More charges filed against Hendersonville teen

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, February 6, 2011, In : Charged 
Published: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 1:55 p.m. 
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 1:55 p.m.

The Hendersonville Police Department has filed more charges against a local teen for vandalism of property.

J***** M****** P*****, 19, of 2520 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, was originally charged last month with 48 counts of injury to personal property.

Ten more charges of damage to personal property have been filed, the police department announced in a new...


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Graffiti Tagger SLOW Pays Record Fines; Art Now On Display

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011, In : Charged 

On canvas and plywood and selling upward of $450 a piece, the art of K*** B*********, aka SLOW, is currently on display at The Tap Room in Pacific Beach. For him, graffiti channeled his angst away from depression and self mutilation into an illegal, colorful defacement of property.

The 23-year-old Coronado native was released on July 22 after serving one year in San Diego's George Bailey Detention Facility and paying $87,000 for damages and cleanup costs. 

His arrest came after an 11-mont...


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Man guilty of tagging buildings in borough

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, December 23, 2010, In : Charged 

NORRISTOWN — A New Hanover man is headed to prison after he admitted to "tagging" numerous Lansdale buildings with graffiti and to housing a marijuana grow operation at his former Hatfield apartment.

N******* R****** D*****, 23, of Wagner Road, New Hanover, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county prison, to be followed by two years' probation, after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, criminal mis...


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Graffiti artist won't pay back a penny

Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 22, 2010, In : Charged 

A GRAFFITI vandal who caused damage totalling £10,000 to public and private property across Bristol will not have to pay back a penny.

Magistrates also refused a request to impose an Anti-Social Behaviour Order on M****** J**** because they said it would not be effective in curbing his activities.

The 19-year-old, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to six charges of criminal damage, which took place between May and June, and asked for 136 similar offences to be taken into consideration.

He als...


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Alleged graffiti artist facing almost 50 charges

Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 8, 2010, In : Charged 

An 18-year-old man is facing almost 50 charges following a six-month graffiti investigation by Greater Sudbury Police Service's community response unit.

The graffiti incidents were in the New Sudbury and Minnow Lake areas. The 18-year-old was arrested and was held in custody for an appearance in bail court on Monday. He is facing 48 counts of mischief under $5,000 and one count of mischief over $5,000.


The accused is alleged to have spray painted Sudbury Hydro boxes and poles, City of Greater S...

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Phoenix graffiti vandal "JUGZ" pleads guilty

Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 8, 2010, In : Charged 

PHOENIX - A Phoenix man has pleaded guilty on charges connected to graffiti vandalism, the Maricopa County Superior Court said Thursday.

J*** D******, 27, pleaded guilty to attempt to commit criminal damage and to criminal damage. The sentencing will be held November 30 before Judge Daniel Martin.

D****** tagged using the name "Jug" or "Jugz" throughout the Phoenix area. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office said it considered Delgado to be the "worst graffiti vand...


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Graffiti Vandal free due to Crown’s heavy workload

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 25, 2010, In : Charged 

The term cause and effect comes from the reality one action or event often has the result of causing another action or event to occur.

The two are then seen as being related.

Two stories this past week may have seemed to be isolated occurrences but a closer look leaves you wondering if they are not in fact tied together in a cause and effect relationship.

The first story was that of an individual convicted of 77 charges of graffiti vandalism.

The 23-year-old male, D***** F****, had va...


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Convicted Haverhill tagger charged in defacing MBTA sites

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 25, 2010, In : Charged 

HAVERHILL — A convicted spray-paint vandal, on probation for defacing a brick wall at two Lawrence businesses in 2007, is now accused of causing $5,000 worth of damage to MBTA property.

A****** D*****, 22, of 59 I St., was arrested at his home by Officer Scott Gleed about 1:41 p.m. Monday on a warrant charging him with violating his probation.

D*****, a member of a graffiti group on the North Shore called "24K" was still on probation for his 2007 tagging conviction in the Lawrence cas...


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Three taggers arrested again on graffiti-writing charges

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 25, 2010, In : Charged 

A trio of graffiti taggers arrested this summer for causing thousands of dollars in damage to city property face additional felony charges after graffiti detectives said they found at least three other locations bearing their markings.

J***** R*****, 20, of O'Hara; G******* A*****, 20, of Sharpsburg; and E*** F*****, 28, of Bloomfield were charged today with criminal mischief and conspiracy. Members of the police bureau's graffiti task force said they found their taggings on the 10th ...


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Print Email Font Resize Fontana taggers tied to $35,000 in graffiti damage

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 25, 2010, In : Charged 
Three teens suspected of causing an estimated $35,000 in graffiti damage in Fontana were arrested by police Saturday.

Frank Gomez, 18, of Fontana, along with a 15 and 16-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of vandalism and resisting arrest.

Police came to the 16900 block of Valley Boulevard at 10:20 p.m. on a report of people vandalizing property. The suspects fled before officers arrived, but police found them about a quarter mile away.

Police caught them after a long foot chase.

Offic...


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WOES tagger gets 6-month jail stretch

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 18, 2010, In : Charged 

An Iraq war vet who moonlighted as an interstate serial graffiti vandal was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday for painting nine T trains with massive murals on a three-day tagging spree in May.

T police said Chicago-native J*** A******, 25, is a member of the international graffiti crew MUL — or Made U Look. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of vandalizing MBTA property for spray-painting his tag “WOES” on four Red Line trains at the Codman storage yard in Dorchester and f...


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No jail for Winnipeg graffiti artist

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 18, 2010, In : Charged 

A young Winnipeg man once touted by police as one of the city's most active graffiti artists is not headed to jail.

D***** S**** F****, 23, was sentenced Thursday morning to 20 months of house arrest to be followed by three years of probation after previously pleading guilty to more than 70 counts of public mischief.

F**** was a prime target of a 2008 police sting on so-called "taggers" who were vandalizing property in the River Heights, Osborne Village and Crescentwood areas of the city....


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Graffiti vandal given stiff sentence

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 3, 2010, In : Charged 

Glenwood resident P****** B****, 29, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for five years - in a Durban court yesterday. 

He also received 12 months house arrest under Correctional Services supervision as well as 16 hours of community service a month.

B**** and others in his group are believed to have vandalised more than 1 400 properties - including bridges, telephone poles and municipal bins over eight months. 

Carol van Staden - of Van Staden and Associates, a private investigati...


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PROLIFIC GRAFITI VANDAL ON 200 CHARGES

Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 13, 2010, In : Charged 
(Media-Newswire.com) - Police Minister Neil Roberts has today congratulated officers from the Queensland Police Service State Crime Operations Command’s Taskforce Against Graffiti who, assisted by members of the Railway Squad and Metropolitan North Region, arrested a 16-year-old male on 200 charges of wilful damage by graffiti.

Mr Roberts said information from the public led police to launch an investigation into a graffiti tag recorded across Brisbane’s northside suburbs.

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Graffiti vandal sentenced

Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 13, 2010, In : Charged 

For the second time in two years, one of Pittsburgh's notorious graffiti vandals is heading to state prison.

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning on Tuesday tagged I** d* B***, 23, with a one- to three-year prison sentence; five years of probation; and orders to repay the more than $45,000 worth of damage he caused by spray-painting properties from Mt. Washington to Lawrenceville.

"When you do damage to someone's property, it's the same as theft," Manning told ...


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Singapore adds 2 months in jail for Swiss vandal

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, August 19, 2010, In : Charged 
By ALEX KENNEDY
The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 18, 2010; 8:39 AM

SINGAPORE -- A Swiss man asked a Singapore judge Wednesday to reduce his five-month jail term for graffiti, but instead got two months added to his sentence, showing the lengths the city-state will go to maintain its reputation as a safe and clean place.

O***** F****** argued in his appeal that he should serve a three-month sentence for vandalism concurrently with a two-month trespassing penalty, rather th...


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Former Police Officer, Accused Graffiti Artist Due in Court Today

Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 16, 2010, In : Charged 
D***** C****** might have thought he was cultivating an air of mystery when he tagged at least 14 different locations around town with his "Uno?" alias, but now he's facing a long list of charges after he was spotted writing graffiti in broad daylight on Aug. 4.

The 20-year-old Port Chester man might have gotten bolder than usual when he ventured onto the property of J.J. Cassone's bakery on South Regent Street and tried to add another notch to his belt at 5:30 p.m., when it was still ...
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Law enforcement art critics bust graffiti artist

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, In : Charged 

GOLETA — In a tourist-centric community struggling to combat the eyesore of public area graffiti art, a noted “tagger” finally ran afoul of the law last Friday.

An aggressive investigation into street vandalism in the area came to an end with the July 30 felony arrest of S***** T******.

T******, 20, is suspected of numerous serial public graffiti violations. As described to the media by Santa Barbara County sheriff’s spokesman Drew Sugars, the young suspect has “a street reputa...


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Graffiti artist jailed for £40,000 spree

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, July 22, 2010, In : Charged 

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.

M******, of Castleton Road, ******...


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Man pleads guilty to graffiti charges

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, In : Charged 
Man pleads guilty to graffiti charges
Thursday, June 24, 2010

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...


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Massive police sweep cracks down on suspected graffiti vandals in San Bernardino

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, June 20, 2010, In : Charged 
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...


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Richmond Graffiti Artist Gets Jail Time

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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Teen Arrested for Vandalism, $500,000 in Damages

Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 19, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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35-year-old charged for three-year graffiti spree

Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 19, 2010, In : Charged 

Shoreline police say a 35-year-old man has been charged in connection with a vandalism spree that has lasted over three years.

Prosecutors filed six felony...


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Two men to face charges in graffiti damage to buildings

Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 22, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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Notorious Birmingham graffiti artist caught on camera

Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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"SWORN" was jailed and charged with felony vandalism.

Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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Graffiti blitz leads to 63 charges

Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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Serial tagging suspect nabbed at the scene in St. Helens

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, In : Charged 

by David Krough

Posted on January 25, 2010 at 1:31 PM

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ST. HELENS, Ore. -- Police in St. Helens said they caught a serial tagger nearly in the act early Saturday morning.

St. Helens officers were called to the back of Semling’s Pharmacy near S. 18th and Columbia Boulevard around 3:30 a.m.

Officers said they found ...
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One of two accused graffiti vandals sentenced to 18 months in state jail

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, In : Charged 

— 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.

G******* and 23-year-old E*** C****** wer...


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Graffiti artist pleads guilty

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, January 10, 2010, In : Charged 
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...
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Graffiti vandals to face two-year jail term

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, January 3, 2010, In : Charged 

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...


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Reno teen accused in 271 graffiti vandalism incidents

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, December 20, 2009, In : Charged 
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.

Detectives say the 271 graffiti vandalis...


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Charges Come For Graffiti Artist Arrested At Own Exhibit

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, December 20, 2009, In : Charged 

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...


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West Hartford Police Nab Alleged Graffiti Artist

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...

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Keene vandal gets year in jail

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...


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Denver graffiti crew leader found guilty

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...
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Richmond Police Make an Arrest in Oregon Hill Graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 25, 2009, In : Charged 
RICHMOND - OREGON HILL - 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...
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Graffiti "artist" to serve 5 weeks in prison

Posted by Tag One on Friday, October 16, 2009, In : Charged 
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, ...


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Graffiti artist receives rare jail sentence

Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 12, 2009, In : Charged 

  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...

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Graffiti king Russell Fenn escapes jail

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, In : Charged 

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 ...


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"TURBO" of Glasgow has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service.

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, September 24, 2009, In : Charged 

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...


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Graffiti vandalism suspect scheduled for sentencing

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, In : Charged 
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.

In August, Iuni w...
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Turtle graffiti artist arrested

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, July 19, 2009, In : Charged 

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...


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UTAH GETS JAIL FOR SPRAY-PAINTING TRAIN

Posted by Damn on Saturday, July 11, 2009, In : Charged 

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...


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Graffiti vandal charged

Posted by FACE on Friday, July 3, 2009, In : Charged 

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.

Casey’s Tactical Intelligence Operative, Leading Senior Constable Chris...
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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.