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Graffiti Case Heads to Trial - Cops got the info they needed off myspace pages

From:www.klbk13.tv

Seven young men were indicted for painting graffiti around Lubbock, and the code enforcement manager says in his ten years with the city, this is the first time he`s seen a graffiti case go this far.We didn`t have to go far to find the vandalism. Just right next door to the KLBK station some local “artists” made their mark on an abandoned building. And with summertime just around the corner and kids getting out of school, we could be seeing a lot more.

“They got their information off My Space personal websites, and ID’d them right there” says Code Administration supervisor, Stuart Walker.

Congruencies in their work and giveaways on their My Space pages, that’s how police caught the seven vandals. Police had been trailing them for nearly two years and cleaning up their work was no easy task. The vandals may have used just a few dollars of spray paint but it cost the city big bucks. So much that they have a full time employee dedicated to finding graffiti and cleaning it up.

“We budget $45,000 for graffiti removal” says Walker.

That includes a full time employee who responds to complaints, and all the supplies to clean up the mess. But there are other ways to keep Lubbock clean and it doesn’t cost a thing.

“Keeping them active involved if their spray painting somebody’s fence” says Walker.

In 2005, there were 1,500 cases of graffiti and that doubled in 2006. They say this year it’s gone up and down, but it depends largely on the weather. Not a whole lot of people want to go out and graffiti if it’s raining or snowing.