BOISE — Boise Police believe they have arrested the person responsible for about $16,000 in damages caused by graffiti throughout the city.
Police searched the home of 20-year-old Kristofer Kayd Tolman and feel he is connected to more than a dozen graffiti and vandalism crimes since last year.
Tolman is charged with malicious injury to property by graffiti, illegal possession of prescription narcotics, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and minor in possession of alcohol.
BOISE — Boise Police are hoping a new way of reporting graffiti will help reduce the crime.
Citizens are urged to call a non-emergency number to report graffiti. The number is XXX-1111.
The goal of the program is to clean up the problem within 72 hours because it has been proven that prompt removal decreases repeated incidences of graffiti.
Graffiti is one of the most commonly complained about crimes in Boise and there has been a 300 percent increase in the crime in the past five years.
Boise teen found hiding under train car spray painted with graffiti
BOISE — Boise Police made an early morning arrest of a teenager who was found hiding under a train car that had recently been spray painted with graffiti.
Just before 1 a.m., officers were called to a business on the 4300 block of Industrial Street for a possible trespass, this after a witness reported some suspicious activity.
When police arrived they found freshly painted graffiti on a nearby train car. Underneath the train car they found Solomon Sahlein, 19, of Boise, and a black bag with cans of spray paint and alcohol.
Sahlein was booked into the Ada County Jail on charges of felony malicious injury to property, illegal possession of alcohol and disorderly conduct. More charges could be pending.
The owner of the train car estimates the damage at $2,000.
Investigators are looking into several graffiti incidents in Boise neighborhoods and say Sahlein is a suspect in those crimes. Police also believe he may be an associate of a group of taggers arrested in Boise last December.
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