CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A south Texas district judge has sentenced an 18-year-old man to eight years in prison for habitually vandalizing property with graffiti .
Sebastian Perez had pleaded guilty in a Corpus Christi state district court to three graffiti charges, as well as to marijuana possession.
Perez told the judge that spray-painting graffiti had become became a habit, but he stopped when he realized it was getting him nowhere. He cried and asked for probation, saying he would finish high school, get a job and help clean up the mess. The judge, unmoved, assessed the maximum sentence.Police say Perez spray-painted more than two dozen properties from March to August. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports that police blamed him for more than $7,300 in damage, leaving his mark on everything from fences and homes to a medical clinic and traffic signs.
via:www.bostonherald.com
Tags: CORPUS CHRISTI Graffiti, Judge Marisela Saldaña, Sebastian Perez
this is truly some bullshit…8 fucking years for 7g’s worth of graffiti????
Damn yo that’s fuckin sad is there anything that can be done. The judicial system is fckd up it should be called the prison industrial complex.
there has to be more to the story……8 years is nuts.
that falls under the cruel and unusual punishment catagory.
should get a protest started, whats happened to this generation, there was so much protesting going on in the 60-70s…
the youth in america has become complacent!!
I agree with you.. There has to be more to this case.. maybe if he has like 5 open cases + 2 felony convictions for rape & robbery… child porn… plus……. then just maybe 8 years isn’t crazy.
Damn that’s fuked up 8 years shit like that makes me wanna graff harder
fuck that sucks 8 years in the lock for dat??? then again it is texas… im goin out rite now to take out my anger!
Haha what a douchebag you graffiti fuckers deserve that lol if someone does that to my house i`m gonna kick his fucking ass
Luke Stanley
lstnaley@unishanoi.org
This is an 18 year old child who is suffering in wasteland. Something is very wrong here.