Graffiti Couple Arrested
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UTAH, a prolific female graffiti writers and her less significant other, ETHER were arrested after coming off a three month bombing run in Europe. The all-country, Queens repping vandal was taken into custody after flying into Chicago by what Newsday simply describes as “authorities.” Really? Who were these authorities (federal, state, local?) and why didn’t the suburban oriented newspaper get a little more specific? It’s an arrest for graffiti, not a threat to national security. Same with ETHER who was arrested when he arrived at JFK. The two were reportedly in “New York Police Department’s book of most notorious taggers,” although it’s still unclear if local cops had anything to do with the bust. One of the two mysterious sources described UTAH as the “number one active female tagger, possibly in the country, definitely in New York.” And judging by all her tags on the streets of NYC—including this one right over an abandoned NECKFACE piece—not to mention a sizable collection on flickr (FYI: you’ll have to weed through because of her name) from all over that distinction isn’t too far off the mark. Click below for a small sampling of her handiwork. |Newsday| UPDATE (4/3/09): UTAH goes to court and starts dealing with all the legal drama.
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[...] up to 7 years. The Queens-based writer made international headlines last August when Chicago police arrested her at O’Hare airport with her boyfriend ETHER, as they returned to the States from a European [...]
[...] in Boston, as well against her boyfriend, ETHER, who she was arrested with last August when they returned to the States from a European bombing tour. [...]
She should spend a day in jail for every single tag she damaged other people’s property with.
leave her alone at least she doesent rape and murder people its graffitti learn to love it or just fuck off and suck a dick gangs are every where and police and gangs are in the same place because all the fucked up things they do to other people society needs to leave graffitti alone what they need to worry about is the petifile next door jacking off to kid porn not art that is done on the streets everywhere focus on the real problem not distruction with creativity at least you can go over it with a child they are going to be scared for life because of getting raped by a petifile think about it graffitti is the shit
!! so whos the real criminal master mind the guy rapeing every boy and girl or the girl who uses the world as her canvas you tell me! and fuck you too mr hate karma is a bitch! and fuck making drugs illigal when there are drugs at the pharmacy that fuck people up too lets not forget cigerets and alcohol so all you fuck faces quit being a hipocritical!