3 TEENS ACCUSED OF GRAFFITI.Byline: Charles Charles, archduke of Austria Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - Three Palmdale teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of doing more than $50,000 worth of graffiti graffiti Form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Technically the term applies to designs scratched through a layer of paint or plaster, but its meaning has been extended to other markings. vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and since January in Palmdale, sheriff's officials said Monday. The three boys - two 16 and a 15-year-old - were arrested when a sheriff's sergeant spotted one using a marker pen Marker pen, or marker, is a term used to refer to various kinds of pens which have their own ink-source and usually a tip made of a porous material, including felt or nylon. When the tip is made of felt it can be called a felt-tipped pen. to write ``TNB'' on a metal post while the other two stood by in an alley alley an area in a cow barn identified by its particular purpose such as a loafing alley, a walking alley or feeding alley. behind the 2200 block of East Palmdale Boulevard. ``They're a tagging crew, not a gang. They just put their tag up in as many places as possible. They're not territorial,'' said sheriff's Detective Robert Farkas, the Palmdale graffiti investigator. Arrested about 10:50 a.m. June 30, the three - two cousins and a friend - were released to their parents because of their age and their lack of prior offenses. They were given citations to appear in court, officials said. Parents of convicted juvenile graffiti vandals are usually ordered to pay restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the for the damage, Farkas said. The trio is suspected of writing ``TNB'' - which stands for ``Trust No (female)''- on walls, bridges, fences, mailboxes, sidewalks and other objects around Palmdale, mainly the area between avenues S and Q from Division Street to 40th Street East. The graffiti costs more than $50,000 to clean up, officials estimated. Palmdale's city graffiti-cleanup crew takes digital photos of graffiti before painting it over or removing it, then turns the photos over to Farkas, who catalogs them. The boys admitted to other, earlier, vandalism, Farkas said. |
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