shameless self promotion Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 Here you are fellas hot off the press...depressing.. 'Mook' arrested at last, police say Friday, November 02, 2001 By Timothy McNulty, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Pittsburgh police have finally arrested a man they believe is the daredevil graffiti writer Mook who for three years has taunted city officials by painting his name on bridges and underpasses. Police arrested ************, 18, on Halloween night outside the house where he lives with his grandmother on 15th Street on the South Side. The arrest ended months of cat-and-mouse games between Mook and city officials, in which the graffiti writer scaled heights, such as a tower on the 10th Street Bridge, to paint "Mook" where it was difficult for public works crews to clean it off. He often left teasing messages for the "Graffiti Busters" crews and last month took the taunts to another level when he etched his tag name with acid into the window of a Graffiti Busters truck. The prank infuriated city officials and spurred an investigation by police from the South Side station. On Oct. 16, after getting a search warrant, police searched Monack's room in the South Side home owned by his grandmother, Betty Schemonitz. Inside were bags of spray paint cans, newspaper articles about Mook, a Mook hat and a glass aquarium with Mook etched in the glass. Apparently none of those items were enough to arrest Monack on criminal mischief charges for graffiti-writing. But three railroad "no trespassing" signs, from Conrail and Union Pacific, were also in the room, and police judged them to be stolen property. A criminal complaint said Monack was supposed to turn himself in on the stolen property charges Oct. 19 but fled the area instead. Late Tuesday, police caught him in a car outside his grandmother's house, charged him with three counts of receiving stolen property and took him to Allegheny County Jail. City Magistrate Dan Butler set his bail at $1,575. A hearing on the charges was set for the morning of Nov. 8. At his arraignment yesterday, Monack said little and hunched over with his hands plunged into a black hooded sweatshirt. Asked by reporters how to pronounce his tag name, Monack first joked that they should refer to him merely as "the accused." He then said "Mook" is pronounced with a long "oo," as in the word "tool." Public Works Director Guy Costa said yesterday he hoped Monack would receive a stiff sentence, to send a message to other would-be graffiti writers. "He's been a real nuisance to us for a lot of years and cost us a lot of money," Costa said. "We're not going to tolerate this." Costa said some 75 Mook tags have been cleaned by city crews, at a cost of $15,000. Deputy Mayor Sal Sirabella said police are also poised to crack down on "VK" and "Jane," two other graffiti writers who have tagged city properties. -DO NOT POST PEOPLES NAMES! i dont care if they've been busted, dont post their names... edit that shit fool... -seeking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 BUSTED!! fuck tyson... fuck OJ... FREE MOOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boring Bastard Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 Free MOOKie the youngster!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Remy Martin Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 that sucks but..... he shouldnt say anything...get a lawyer if possible and pay his measley bond to get the fuck out of jail. he could very well get off..i mean he was caught with suspicious writing. they have no proof hes guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATS Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 Man with as much wreck as this cat caught its only a matter of time for they were on to his steez, someone probably sold his ass out. Fuck walmart for caring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23578 Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 yeah, 15000 for 75 tags? with a three person crew @45 minutes-1hour per throw-up @15 bucks an hour, and a can of paint costing 10 per every two throw ups, and gas & vehicular maintinance at a hundred bucks per hour on the road, 30 minutes being allotted for each, we're not going to charge him for the truck are we, a new windsheild at 500 bucks. . .3375+375+3750+500=8000. i'm a geek. i guess they did charge him for the vehicle or about a fifth of a vehicle, that sucks, lookout kane, reke, ono, ale your the other 4 fifths, whoa, joking, joking guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Rothstein Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 He should have told the reporters his name was pronounced "My-Cul" as in Michael and that he was not the kid who wrote "Mook". Stealing three signs does not make you "Mook", so he could have easily gotten off. After telling reporters he was "Mook" he didn't really help his case. Kids are stupid these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Mulder Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 Originally posted by 23578 yeah, 15000 for 75 tags? with a three person crew @45 minutes-1hour per throw-up @15 bucks an hour, and a can of paint costing 10 per every two throw ups, and gas & vehicular maintinance at a hundred bucks per hour on the road, 30 minutes being allotted for each, we're not going to charge him for the truck are we, a new windsheild at 500 bucks. . .3375+375+3750+500=8000. i'm a geek. i guess they did charge him for the vehicle or about a fifth of a vehicle, that sucks, lookout kane, reke, ono, ale your the other 4 fifths, whoa, joking, joking guys. some of the bridge spots he hit i'm sure are gonna factor into that. they could have used a sandblaster on some of it. dunno if that would make it more expensive or not. but i'm actually surprised it isn't more than that.plus i bet they had to get a detective or there or something to file police reports or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoast Killa Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 im surprised so many people know of Mook's exploits...are all you from the pittsburgh area? or is he bigger than i thought. yea hopefuly he doesnt slip and say something, he could be facing bad shit just cuz the city hasn't dealt with something like this before so everyones shittin bricks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REGULATOR Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 he practically told a reporter he wrote Mook, pretty stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero3 Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 thats horrible...i go to pitt often and see his shit everywhere...he definately had the city on lock in damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUSH KILL DESTROY Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 YO PITTSBURGH, INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. IF IT WAS MOOK THEN THANKS FOR DOING YOUR PART IN THIS NUTTY GAME WE ALL LOVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mud_buddha Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 Originally posted by Eastcoast Killa im surprised so many people know of Mook's exploits...are all you from the pittsburgh area? or is he bigger than i thought. yea hopefuly he doesnt slip and say something, he could be facing bad shit just cuz the city hasn't dealt with something like this before so everyones shittin bricks... I only know about him because there were just two big MOOK threads in the Bench. By the way, for his own damn good, that kid should learn to keep his mouth shut. Telling reporters how to pronounce MOOK is pretty stupid. I know how I'd answer that question, "no comment, and get that camera out of my face." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backcountrywriter Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 That sucks i just heard of mook about a week ago..a real inspiration..free mook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23578 Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 Originally posted by Fox Mulder some of the bridge spots he hit i'm sure are gonna factor into that. they could have used a sandblaster on some of it. dunno if that would make it more expensive or not. but i'm actually surprised it isn't more than that.plus i bet they had to get a detective or there or something to file police reports or something. i'm pretty sure 15000 is low compared to other cities, but aren't they supposed to paint the bridges in pitt new colors anyway, or is that not happening anymore? the highway stuff could probably be done with rollers from above. . .why sandblast, maybe i'm wrong, but since when has buff paint been considered an eyesore, shit, i've seen shit that has never been graffed and is buffed to hell anyhow. plus, it was on the cover of the paper who's going to forget that, if you want to make an example of someone i say let some of his shit run so people can be like: people- that guy mook over there, i haven't seen much of his shit in a while, what happened to him? scared ex writer- he was arrested in his grandma's house and charged with 15000 in damages, i used to do that, wanto see my blackbook, yadda, yadda, yadda. . . i'm ramblng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdz Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 search warrants bite. well good luck to mook... -cdz $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*SIZEROKS* Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 danm, another one bites the dust........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikro137 Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 the truth behind the madness... so far there are 5 casualties of this chaotic ass weekend. i have had no sleep , no time to gather my thoughts and im constantly watching over my shoulder. "accused"writers "seose" Kane" Kean" Mook" have all been incarserated on charges from posession of stolen property , to crimminal consperacy. however , they are still innocent til prove guilty. then theres the story of the rats who took the cheese. fiend: the one caught at the trolly yard couldnt keep his mouth shut about things , and gave all involved , "allegedly" up lite: (remember the cold fusion post on the bench , he did that huge roller)when he got caught , gave up info on where people lived , real names , etc. now... everything is fucked. the moral of this story: keep your mouth shut. if this was the mob , id be making you kiss the curb. hopefully this thread isnt going to close , im happy to see all of the support from you all nation wide. peace out el presedente de los value krew Mikro Diamond One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dik.n.ur.ear Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 sucks for that guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taper Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 go to http://geocities.com/graffiti_pittsburgh/f...framespage.html and look at the cop responding all of you respond with you 2 cents im sure it will piss you off. free mook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taper Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 yea guys go to that cite and go to the bench. youll find at the top of the list the game is up. go respond to that shit. please!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVAGIRL Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Originally posted by mikro137 the truth behind the madness... lite: (remember the cold fusion post on the bench , he did that huge roller)when he got caught , gave up info on where people lived , real names , etc. now... everything is fucked. mikro you are full of shit...actually it's oozing out your ears...either you find pleasure in telling lies or your information is fuckin wrong so let me help...lite never got caught and that is the trufus rufus...so stop posting bull, dig. sayin that another writer split the beans, well DAMN that's some cop shit. and what's up taper you big pimp playa you...fr8s on sat? sounds good to me. hit me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Are a Toy Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 Originally posted by backcountrywriter i eat pig shit. fahkin toy. wicked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taper Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 yo yo yo this is taper also settin shit srr8 lite gave up no info and mikro doesnt paint at all! he sucks and sucks mooks cock thats why he knows of all this. it doesnt matter if he gets caught he aint up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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