A “brazen” tagger responsible for more than 500 tags in Kaikoura, Canterbury and Dunedin has been arrested.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old man from North Canterbury was to appear in\u00a0Christchurch District Court tomorrow on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti.<\/p>\n
In a statement today,\u00a0Senior Sergeant Stephen McDaniel said police were happy to have the brazen tagger off the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only was the offender spray painting his \u2018tag\u2019 everywhere, he was also taking videos of his offending and posting them to social media and benefitting from the notoriety.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tag was found on public bridges, toilets, walls, rubbish bins, walkways, light posts, former gun emplacements, train tracks, water tanks and drainage pipes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe offending leaves a lasting piece of graffiti on the public structures, and in some instances the offender has spray painted the same spot after councils have cleaned up their prior graffiti.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGraffiti or tagging is considered as intentionally damaging property, and we\u2019ll hold offenders to account,\u201d Snr Sgt McDaniel said.<\/p>\n
The public was encouraged to let police know if they spot\u00a0illegal graffiti.\u00a0\u00a0Call 111 if its an emergency, or 105 if its after the fact.<\/p>\n
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