Archive for May, 2006

Harmless Pranks Or Serious Misdemeanor?

May 10, 2006 - 1:41 pm No Comments

Some odd incidents of graffiti damage are often reported to the police and are deemed as crimes because they have defaced property but have not caused permanent damage. In most odd graffiti incidents, the graffiti was the work of pranksters and not those who want to do serious harm.

True graffiti has been around for a long time. Since there was spray paint, there have been those who have used that spray paint to paint on buildings and other pieces of property that do not belong to them. While there is an increase of gang graffiti as well as hate graffiti that has many people as well as law enforcement concerned, odd incidents of graffiti are often looked upon as pranks.
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