Buket Get’s 10 months in jail..He got out the same week because of time he already served..
Archive for December, 2008
Buket news clip.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Vandals Spray Graffiti on Bulgaria’s Newest Trains ..Yeah!!!!
Monday, December 29th, 2008
Unknown vandals have sprayed graffiti on two of Bulgaria’s newest trains, the Bulgarian State Railways BDZ announced Monday.
The vandals’ deed was discovered early Sunday morning by a motorman, who found one of the Siemens-made electric trains “Desiro” at Sofia’s Central Railway Station sprayed all over.
A similar incident occurred on December 21, when vandals managed to spray graffiti on another Desiro train during a 15-minute stop at the Central Railway Station even though they were chased away by the motorman and the railway staff.
BDZ has put 25 brand new Siemens-made “Desiro” trains in exploitation in 2008 alone. This cost the state-owned company over EUR 117 M.
The company expresses its disappointment from the vandalism acts directed at its new trains which usually include not only spraying of graffiti but also hurling stones at their windows, and stealing parts of their equipment such as fire-extinguishers and side mirrors.
[Via:www.novinite.com]
Painting with Permission – Graffiti Documentary
Monday, December 29th, 2008Who’s Up? #4
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Who’s Up? #4 from Carl Weston on Vimeo.
Hollywood Tagger Kills One, Injures Another
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
HOLLYWOOD—The unnecessary death of one victim and injuries caused to another were the result of a confrontation by taggers on Wednesday, December 17.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, victims Jose Jorge Perez, 29, and Jose Diaz, 41, were confronted by taggers who opened fire on them after they attempted to stop them in the act. Spokesman Richard French of the LAPD wasn’t available for comment, but stated in published reports that “the suspect approached their vehicle and fired shots, then fled.” The LAPD blog stated, “Based on preliminary information, detectives believe that Perez saw gang members vandalizing property with graffiti. Perez decided to confront the gang members about the graffiti. In an apparent response to the comments about the graffiti, one gang member pulled out a gun and fired into the car killing Perez and injuring his passenger. The gunman ran from the scene southbound on Hobart Boulevard.”
Police responded to the location of the 900 block of North Hobart Boulevard near Lemon Grove Avenue at approximately 8:40 p.m. According to the LAPD, the victims were “both suffering from injuries” when they arrived on the scene. Perez, the driver, was pronounced dead by the LAFD paramedics and Diaz was transported to a near-by hospital in which he is in “stable condition.” A man named Cisco Huijbregts was available on the scene when he heard several gunshots and provided help to the victims.
City eyes results of graffiti lawsuit
Saturday, December 27th, 2008ILANGFORD CASE could set precedent.
A Langford lawsuit against a graffiti artist could provide a new way for municipalities to sue parents to recoup damages.
“This is a precedent setting case,” said Brian Denbigh, manager of roads and traffic services for the city of Nanaimo and also a member of the city’s Graffiti Task Force.
“If we get to the point Langford is at, we will look for restitution.”
In the Langford case, the parents knew about their child’s tagging and even allowed him to tag their own home. Because the individual was under 18, the municipality of Langford is suing the parents for $30,000 in damages done over a three-year tagging spree.
Denbigh said the city takes photographs to catalogue every tag. Those records would be used as evidence if an individual tagger is identified.
Gord Nixon, downtown bylaw enforcement officer for the City of Nanaimo, said the Langford case is unusual.
“It is unlikely there would be many cases like that in Nanaimo where the parents are aware of their child’s behaviour,” said Nixon. “If similar facts in Nanaimo were present, we would certainly look at that.”
Denbigh said while some people refer to tagging as art, it is far from it.
“Graffiti is basically the first start of deterioration of a neighbourhood,” said Denbigh.
Both Denbigh and Nixon said it is important for property owners to report graffiti so it can be catalogued and removed as quickly as possible.
“The best course of defence against vandalism like graffiti is quick response and removal,” said Nixon.
For the last four years the Graffiti Task Force has done annual graffiti removals in Nanaimo.
Nixon said with more eyes on the streets – bylaw officers, downtown ambassadors and private security – more graffiti is being reported, but it doesn’t give an indication of whether it is decreasing or increasing.
This year there were two major graffiti vandalism incidents.
Serauxmen Stadium was tagged in May with defamatory slogans about former mayor Gary Korpan and downtown business owner Angela Negrin. Walls, sponsor signs and the stadiums electronic scoreboard were all vandalized. The damage was estimated at $24,000.
In September, Bailey Studio on Rosstown Road was tagged with racial slurs and obscenities right after the building was painted at a cost of $5,700.
Graffiti costs public works $30,000 a year, while the parks and recreation department budgets for $38,000 and the school district budgets $42,000.
Denbigh said graffiti is a criminal offence and anyone who sees tagging in progress should call XXX immediately, rather than try to stop the tagger themselves. People can also report incidents to Crime Stoppers 1-X00-222-XXXX.
There are also graffiti removal kits people can sign out to keep their area graffiti free. People can sign out graffiti cleanup kits at the City of Nanaimo’s public works yard.
Who’s Up? – 12.25.08 – Shot July 08
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Who’s Up? from Carl Weston on Vimeo.
Buket pleads guilty to almost 3 dozen felony vandalism counts
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Cyrus Yazdani was sentenced to 10 months in county jail, 256 hours of graffiti removal and five years formal probation. Because of time served, he was released from jail Monday afternoon.
The graffiti artist who gained notoriety on YouTube with his daredevil tagging exploits pleaded guilty today to nearly three dozen felony vandalism counts and was released from jail after serving time since last May, prosecutors said.
Cyrus Yazdani, one of Los Angeles’ most prolific taggers, who is known in the tagging world as “Buket,” admitted to 32 counts with the special allegation that damage exceeded $50,000.
Judge Steven J. Kleinfield sentenced the 25-year-old San Jose State graduate to 10 months in county jail, 256 hours of graffiti removal and five years formal probation.
But with time served and credits for work and good behavior, Yazdani was out of jail by Monday afternoon.
Yazdani became something of an Internet sensation when he brazenly plastered his “Buket” bomb 20 feet above the busy Hollywood Freeway — vandalism captured on videotape and posted with a rap soundtrack on YouTube and numerous tagger-related blogs.
Another daylight attack, which was also videotaped, appeared to show “Buket” applying his moniker to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus as passersby and passengers watched in surprise.
Authorities allege that between 2005 and 2007, Yazdani slapped his tags on buses, freeway walls and overpasses as well as the concrete lining of the Los Angeles River.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators arrested Yazdani in May, saying that his moniker has marked hundreds of freeway overpasses, concrete walls and transit buses across the state and southern Nevada.
He was believed responsible for upward of $150,000 in property damage along the Los Angeles River and in the areas patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department — and at least as much in other parts of California.
Yazdani, who split time between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a graphic designer, already had been on probation after pleading no contest in 2007 to three counts of felony vandalism.
Prosecutors had been seeking state prison time in the case, said Los Angeles County district attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.
“We objected to the jail sentence believing this is a very serious case that caused a lot of damage, and we asked for a state prison sentence,” Gibbons said.
“If the defendant is involved in this type of activity again, that’s exactly where he will end up,” she said.
[Via:latimes.com]
Asheville police detail graffiti arrests, surveillance
Thursday, December 18th, 2008You’ve probably seen their vivid, uniquely styled works on many a surface in Asheville. They use signature “tags” to mark their work, including ETCHR, LIFE, MOMS and WISDOM. They are the city’s graffiti artists, and if they didn’t know it before, they know now: The Asheville Police Department is on their case.
On Dec. 10, the APD issued a lengthy statement detailing its crackdown on graffiti, which, depending on your perspective, is either a public art form to be proud of or a costly form of property damage. The statement announced two recent arrests for “multiple, separate incidents of graffiti related vandalism” and listed 14 other alleged “prominent graffiti vandals” charged in 2008.
The arrests were the product of an almost year-long APD effort to wipe out graffiti, according to the APD, which says that in 2008, the department has logged 307 cases of “graffiti vandalism.” Investigators believe that to be about half of actual cases, since much graffiti goes unreported to authorities.
The statement shed new light on the extent of the department’s anti-graffiti efforts, reporting that officers have conducted more than 50 surveillance operations and devoted more than 500 hours of investigative time on countering local taggers.
Capt. Tim Splain of the department’s Criminal Investigations Division said that despite the aggressive campaign, “the public perception is that graffiti crime is increasing because this type of vandalism is so visible. We, as a community, need to continue to enforce existing laws, look toward restricting the availability of paints and markers used for graffiti vandalism, and work together toward a comprehensive graffiti removal program.”
The APD released the names, ages and other details about the arrestees, including, in many cases, the specific tags they are alleged to have used. See the full text of the graffiti-arrests summary at mountainx.com/XpressFiles.
Via:[mountainx.com]