taggers: May 2008 Archives
Two suspected taggers were popped by Covina cops leaving their mark on an Azusa Avenue business:
COVINA - A man and teen were arrested late Saturday on suspicion of tagging 22 different locations on Azusa Avenue, police said.
Adrian Mejia, 18, and a 17-year-old boy, whose name was not released due to his age, were arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism and possession of vandalism tools, said Covina police Sgt. Gregg Peterson. Both are from El Monte.
Both admitted to the graffiti, which totalled nearly $2,000 in damage, Peterson said.
The suspected taggers were arrested about 9:30 p.m. in the 900 block of North Azusa Avenue after scrawling graffiti on a business in plain view of a police officer, Peterson said.
Both admitted to the graffiti spree, he added.
Mejia is being held in lieu of $5,000 bail, Peterson said, and the juvenile was cited and released to his parents.
A Whittier man has found a unique way to keep taggers away from his building -- motion activated sprinklers. This comes 24-hours Vancouver:
Tired of tagging, a California business owner is spraying back at graffiti artists thanks to B.C. technology.
Scott Railsback was at his wit's end after his construction company in Whittier, Calif. - 12 miles east of Los Angeles - became a target for graffiti artists.
"Every couple of days, I was out there painting over [the graffiti]," Railsback told 24 hours. "We tried cameras and lights and anti-graffiti paint but none of it worked. Every time the sun came up, it was back."
The Mure Corporation vice-president quickly blew through thousands of dollars covering up taggers' work and went looking for a solution.
That's when he came across Victoria-based Contech Electronics' ScareCrow sprinklers.
FRANK GIRARDOT
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