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Teen suspected of 150 incidents of graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, November 29, 2009, In : Busted 
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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...


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Glasgow is winning graffiti war

Posted by Tag One on Sunday, November 29, 2009, In : War on Graff 
Glasgow's crack team of graffiti removers helps keep the problem under control
Glasgow's crack team of graffiti removers helps keep the problem under control
 
While some graffiti can be creative, most is unsightly or offensive and almost no surface is safe from attack
While some graffiti can be creative, most is unsightly or offensive and almost n...

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Infamous Graffiti Artist, REVOK, Arrested At Los Angeles Art Store

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, In : Busted 

REVOKInfamous 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...


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MotherNY to Showcase Graffiti Artist BNE's Work

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 19, 2009, In : Legal Graffiti Art 

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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...


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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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Boys arrested after bus tagged with graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, In : Busted 
Staff Report

Three Novato boys were arrested on vandalism allegations after a passing driver saw a Golden Gate Transit...

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LA police arrest 74-year-old tagging suspect

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, In : News 

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...


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Chico Man Arrested for Train Vandalism

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.
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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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Neckface Movie Trailer

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, In : News 

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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...


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Graffiti Vandals Collared

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, In : Busted 
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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...


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Jailed neds to get £300K graffiti lessons

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009, In : News 

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...


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Three-year spray paint ban for graffiti artist

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 ...


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Hip hotel the place to spray

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 5, 2009, In : Legal Graffiti Art 

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...


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Flatbush Shomrim Make Two Arrests In Two Days

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...


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90 days in jail looms for 4 graffiti vandals

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...


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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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Legal for just a day

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...


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Suspended sentence for global graffiti artis

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...


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