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Oldest graffiti vandal arrested: 74-year-old gets tagged by cops


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The Associated Press

 

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 9:02 PM

 

LA County Sheriff's Dept.Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested a 74-year-old Los Angeles man, John Scott, for allegedly putting slap tags on buses. Related NewsArticlesCyclist knocked over by cop busted for drunken vandalism attack on carSEC charges ex-New Century execs in subprime mortgage fraud case Jennifer Garner's alleged stalker arrested near daughter's nursery schoolBrooklyn menorah and Christmas tree get axedMinistry director pleads not guilty in 1981 'Octopus Murders'Feds arrest 26 in 3-state $61M Medicare fraud bustLOS ANGELES (AP) — A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said.

 

Deputies spotted the septuagenarian John Scott putting stickers on a stairwell at a downtown Metro Center subway station. The black-and-orange bumper stickers ask, "Who is John Scott?" and have been seen stuck on buses in Baldwin Hills and areas on the Westside of the city.

 

Stickers used in such a way are referred to as "slap tags" by those in the law enforcement community. They can be adhered to public property in a second or two but are difficult to remove.

 

Scott faces at least one felony vandalism charge when he is arraigned Monday. Deputies did not immediately know if he'd retained an attorney.

 

Ruble said the oldest suspect they'd previously arrested for such vandalism was 36.

 

"We knew our guy was older, but not 74," Ruble said.

 

Ruble said deputies believe Scott was driven to vandalize buses by the same motivation as younger people that spray graffiti or deface public property: "fame and notoriety."

 

"It just goes to show, the graffiti culture in Los Angeles is not age-specific and is very diverse," Ruble said.

 

Scott runs a Web site through which baseball caps and other items displaying his message are for sale.

 

He refers to himself as a "world traveler, entrepreneur, producer, but, above all, mystery ... the face in the window, the voice on the bus."

 

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Who would have ever known.. :lol: :lol:

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