Myspace used to track graff artists
Posted on January 15, 2006
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Myspace.com users, beware. Having photos of your tags in your profile may cause you some legal woes if you’re painting the town. The following story explains how police in the Boston area used Myspace.com to capture local taggers.
Web Site Helps Police Track Down Stoughton Vandals(CBS4) STOUGHTON Stoughton police say they used the popular teenage website, myspace.com, to help solve a widespread vandalism spree. Three teenagers are currently under arrest and facing charges in the spree which cost an estimated $75,000 in damages.
18-year-old Charles Diggs has been charged with 28 counts of tagging property and 11 counts of malicious damage of more than $250; Eric Tankerly, 17, has been charged with 17 counts of tagging and 11 counts of malicious damage of more than $250; and Raymond Lacasse, 18, has been charged with 14 counts of tagging.
Investigators found the suspects after searching myspace.com, a web site where users often post personal information and photographs. The suspects’ names were not listed on the site but the officers were able to track them down by their tagging signs and by investigating a group called “Graffiti Artists.”
Police say two of the suspects have been forthcoming with information and have contacted some of the victims to arrange for restitution.
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Gee, if you don’t break a law, you might be ok, huh?
Myspace was also used to arrest a locally prominant “graffiti artsit” in the town of Reno, Nevada.
It seems that police have been using this tactic through numerous towns.
A whole crew of graf artists were popped in pensacola florida because they had their work posted on myspace.
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