Archive for the ‘Crews’ Category
Friday, January 30th, 2009
This past Wednesday, authorities said they finally had arrested the MTA crew, including “Smear.” In a series of raids conducted Wednesday morning, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials arrested Cristian Gheorghiu (32), aka “Smear”, at his home in the east Hollywood area. They also arrested Shaun Alexander, 27; Sergio Ayala, 25; Eduin Miramontes, 23; Nicholas Rem, 28; Juan Rocha, 22; and Ryan Swenson, 27, also at their homes in the Los Angeles area.
According to the Los Angeles County Sherrif’s office MTA is responsible for some of the city’s most notorious acts of vandalism, most notably L.A.’s largest tag: the giant, half-mile-long “MTA” scrawl that appeared last year along the concrete banks of the Los Angeles River near downtown. (See figure 1.1)
Figure 1.1
More information will surely follow.
Source: 7 alleged members of L.A. tagging crew arrested
Tags: Busted, MTA
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Blasting on the nightly news here in southern California on FOX, BUKET has been picked up by police. He was found, you guessed it, through his and others’ postings on YouTube.
A notorious graffiti vandal who features his work on YouTube has been arrested.
Cyrus Yazdani, also known by his graffiti tag “Buket,” was arrested Tuesday when he showed up for an appointment with his probation officer, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Yazdani was booked on multiple felony counts of vandalism for allegedly causing thousands of dollars in property damage.
Source: Notorious Graffiti Vandal Arrested In Los Angeles
Tags: buket, Busted, las vegas, TKO
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
I can’t believe this is the first time I heard about this story as it’s been on AMW’s website since February and was also aired on local network TV last week on the infamous television show.
Here’s the details:
Cops say Candy Ellen Srichandr is bad news: a graffiti artist and a stripper, they say she’s gone from defacing public property with her spray paint to taking part in a heinous murder. When gunfire erupted at a SoCal art show, a family man who Srichandr considered a rival was dead, and Candy was nowhere to be found. Now, police have put this Valley Girl where she belongs: in a cage.
That’s a direct quote from the America’s Most Wanted website.
The story will be airing within the next half hour on FOX 11 (channel 11 on basic cable) in southern California.
More quotes:
In the middle on the night on February 8, 2008, cops say Candy Srichandr was nabbed in Long Beach, Calif. Investigators were tracking her journey with the assistance of your leads, and they knew for sure she was hiding out in St. Louis and parts of Colorado.
It wasn’t until an anonymous tipster contacted a U.S. Marshal in Los Angeles to tell him that Srichandr may be hiding out at a residence in Long Beach. Our investigator and his team headed out to the location — but not expecting to find Srichandr.
They honestly thought she was still in Colorado. To their surprise, she was inside the residence, arrested her immediately, and shipped her off to the Van Nuys station in the San Fernando Valley. She’s locked behind bars, and awaiting her hearing with a judge.
More to come!
UPDATE:
I’ve been getting loads of feedback about this post and you guys need to calm down.
About posting images of graff when I find them: If you don’t want certain people to know where you are and where you’re getting up then maybe you shouldn’t get up at all? Don’t blame me for your own stupidity, you shouldn’t even be graffing in illegal spots to begin with.
About “name dropping”: I post the names of the writers where it’s already legible! If I can’t read it or don’t recognize the writer myself I won’t post a name. And isn’t having a handle enough to hide behind anyways? I mean, that’s what they’re used for, right? So, please, stop blaming others for your own stupidity. Pzz.
Tags: Busted, girls, TKO
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
AUGOR’s There Will Be Blood billboard was just featured on the Fox 11 nightly news here in southern California. The image below is the only one I could find at the moment. Enjoy.
Tags: Augor, Billboards, Burners/Pieces, CBS, National news, network news, on T.V.
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. We’ve been really busy out hittin’ spots, by that I mean snappin flicks at some hot spots. So get ready for all of that.
Anyways, here’s another teaser clip of the new graff/fight flick comin’ out soon called War 4. Two TKO members do a huge TKO roller around the 91/110 interchange. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
The whole War videos aren’t really “my thing”. I’m more into the graff than the fights and skating, but whatever. Anyways, this hot new teaser clip of the new War 4 video coming out soon shows Buket from the ultra-infamous crew TKO sliding off the side of a bridge on the 101 freeway and spraying a throw-up in broad daylight. Cars zooming by and all. Enjoy!
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
There’s an odd sight on the Hollywood freeway recently that I’m sure you’ve either noticed in your commute or seen news stories about it. It’s a house! As of today though (Sept. 24) it’s been getting hit with graffiti because of all the publicity it’s been causing. MSK is tagged on the side facing traffic, an undecipherable throw-up is on the side facing traffic horizontally, and a few nasty tags in various places. Peep the article:
Motorists traveling Southern California highways are used to seeing all sorts of debris, from mattresses to luggage to clothing. But the ultimate in freeway flotsam has landed along the Hollywood Freeway: a house.
Read More: Drivers Zoom by Roadside Debris – a Home
UPDATE: The house has been moved to a storage yard in Santa Clarita.
New tags on it: META, TRIGZ, ICR, J4F (Just 4 Fun), MENSO
Posted in California, Crews, Freeways, Inanimate Objects, Los Angeles, MSK, News, Tags, U.S. | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Drive south on the 15 (in southern California) and just before Lake Elsinore you find…
THE DEVIDERS
“The Deviders”
KOA – Kesoe? – Gamos – OCP
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
So, I’m searching for some new stuff to post tonight when I stumbled onto this news piece from Las Vegas, NV local news KVBC, News 3 Nightside. In the video piece they basically speak about the trials and tribulations associated with cleaning up graffiti in Las Vegas, all-the-while showing a brand new throw-up of TKO on the back of a suspended freeway sign and on another suspended freeway sign the moniker SWYPE is thrown-up (fairly clean for where it’s at) in black and white.
Check out the following link to see the video and read the news article.
The cost of cleaning up graffiti
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Well, not quite. At least not yet. Be expecting SABER’s artwork to appear on your cell phones soon though. I would bet on him producing wallpapers, icons, and other various artistically inspired content for the phones, but we will have to wait and see.
Here’s a news article I’m sure you’ll love. 
IRVINE, Calif.–Boost Mobile® today announced an exclusive mobile art content collaboration with Los Angeles-based artist SABER, also known for painting the world’s largest street art piece, enabling Boost’s youth wireless customers an opportunity to own a piece of iconic artwork from the renowned artist on their Boost Mobile phone.
“SABER’s work is original, distinctive and groundbreaking,†said Jeff Park, director of business development, Boost Mobile. “His artwork sets the standard for the emerging street art scene and Boost Mobile is fortunate to align with such a legendary icon to collaborate and share his amazing work exclusively with our customers.â€
Boost Mobile’s support of a creative lifestyle, culture and attitude is represented by this exclusive deal as an extension of the brand’s commitment to enhancing the youth wireless experience. Boost also plans to collaborate with the artist to design limited edition products that are relevant to mobile communication and pop culture.
You can read the entire article here.
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