Robert Waugh, 18, of Santa Paula, was arrested for possession of vandalism tools, and a 17-year-old juvenile, also a city resident, was arrested for violation of curfew and possession of vandalism tools. The second juvenile, also a 17-year-old resident of Santa Paula, was arrested for violating curfew.The possession of vandalism tools charges were centered on customized spray tips that can be swapped out on cans of spray paint. “Some taggers really get into it, so they have different tips,” whittled down with notches or to widths that Reynolds said, “make a distinct pattern” while defacing property. And, added Reynolds, “if they have tips, it’s most likely not their first time out there doing it.”
SPPD: Arrests centered on customized graffiti spray tips
January 23, 2009
Santa Paula Police Department
Two juveniles and an adult were arrested - two for being in possession of customized graffiti devices - and admitted to Santa Paula Police they were out looking for a location to tag.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesTwo juveniles and an adult were arrested - two for being in possession of customized graffiti devices - and admitted to Santa Paula Police they were out looking for a location to tag. The incident occurred on Friday, January 9 at about 10:25 p.m., according to SPPD Lieutenant Troyce Reynolds.“It was just a stop,” by a suspicious officer who observed three subjects walking on the 600 block of North 6th Street. And when the SPPD officer stopped the trio, “He found spray tips on them.”
