Man arrested for allegedly painting graffiti on Pittsfield Township overpass
A 20-year-old Plymouth man who is being investigated for vandalism by a number of area police departments was arrested Sunday in Pittsfield Township after allegedly spray painting the US-23 overpass by Packard Road.
According to a statement released Thursday, police stopped the man at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday because he matched the description of robbery suspect in Ann Arbor. It was determined he was not related to the Ann Arbor robbery, but had been spray painting graffiti on the bridge, police said.
The man is under investigation by the Ann Arbor police, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office and Michigan State Police for similar crimes, according to police. Pittsfied Township officers are cooperating with those agencies in their investigations.
Graffiti has become an issue in the area, costing Ann Arbor business owners thousands of dollars in damages. Ann Arbor police arrested two men on malicious destruction of property charges, but only one of them has been arraigned on the charges to this point.
Pittsfield Township Deputy Police Chief Gordy Schick said Thursday the man is not in custody, and charges have been submitted to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Carol Zsako
Thu, Apr 26, 2012 : 2:29 a.m.
Graffiti experts estimate that Americans spend more than 12 billion dollars each year to repair graffiti vandalism. According to www.defacingamerica.com , property values suffer as well.
jon doe
Sat, Jan 19, 2013 : 8:08 a.m.
so thats why is so cheap to live in New York City. and why a Graffiti artist can sell his work for huge cash. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4615697/banksy-iconic-rat-artworks-to-sell-for-190k.html
Mike H.
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 : 11:18 p.m.
I noticed that the drive-thru Starbucks on Washtenaw was recently tagged on the opposing brick wall. Worst part is, the graffiti is pretty shoddy and not even remotely interesting. Clearly the work of amateurs.
jon doe
Sat, Jan 19, 2013 : 8:02 a.m.
their colors are black and gold actually
treetowncartel
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 : 4:07 p.m.
I saw that, it was a gang territoty tag for the Latin Kings. I think their colors are green and yellow.
Sallyxyz
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 : 10:30 p.m.
Thank you, Kyle, for following up on the graffiti story. The graffiti problem in A2 is serious, with a lot of destruction of property. The sooner these punks can be caught and prosecuted, the better. There is a lot of ugly graffiti around A2 that can be cleaned off by these punks this summer. Hopefully there will be some real consequences for their actions.
jon doe
Sat, Jan 19, 2013 : 8:03 a.m.
the majority of the sentence is a nearly $20,000 fine. to me this pales in comparison to cleaning the walls. but oh well.