Seen On The Streets of Tucson, Arizona
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Student arrested after spate of graffiti attacks
Student arrested after spate of graffiti attacks
A 22-YEAR-OLD Frenchman has been accused of a series of graffiti attacks that have left a city suburb plastered in meaningless tags.
The student was arrested by two hawk-eyed police officers after they spotted a man throwing a can of spray paint over some railings.
He was expected to appear in Cardiff Magistrates’ Court today accused of being responsible for covering a ground floor window with the words “Sheg” and “CIK” in spray paint.
The words – which police say have no meaning – have appeared repeatedly in the ward in recent weeks.
The suspect was spotted by Pc Angela Tchalabi and Pcso David Marvelly just before midnight on Friday, October 31, as they patrolled in Miskin Street, Cathays.
Sergeant Richie Weber, from the Cathays Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Since the beginning of October there has been a marked increase in graffiti in the Cathays area and one noticeable tag has been the words ‘Sheg’ and ‘CIK’.
“We know how much of a concern this is to residents because they tell us at Pact meetings and when we are out on patrol.
“Graffiti is criminal damage which can affect people’s quality of life, increase fear of crime in some areas and reduce pride in a community.
“This will not be tolerated and we work in partnership with the council to remove the graffiti.
“Writing graffiti is a criminal offence and anyone who is caught committing such an offence will be dealt with quickly and efficiently.”
Neighbourhood Policing Teams across Cardiff have been tasked with reducing graffiti and work with Cardiff council to clean or paint over tags.
A catalogue of graffiti tags also assists police to link offenders to other incidents of criminal damage.
A 22-year-old man from Cathays was arrested and a can of green spray paint was seized.
27 arrested for vandalism in MySpace-aided graffiti bust
BENSALEM, Pa. - Detectives posing as graffiti artists on the MySpace social networking Web site tagged 27 suspects believed to be responsible for more than 1,500 acts of vandalism.
Undercover police posed as taggers on the Web site during the four-month investigation, befriending vandals who bragged about their work, Bensalem Township police said Wednesday. Some of the alleged vandals even shared photos of their work with the officers on the site.
There were a total 67 victims and 34 different graffiti signatures were used.
The suspects, all but three of them juveniles, face criminal mischief charges that range in severity from felony to summary offenses. Damage is estimated at $100,000.
Names of the suspects were not immediately released