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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by grantb on Apr 28, 2008 0:24:08 GMT 1, share your experience....
share your experience....
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Martin Whatson
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by Martin Whatson on Apr 28, 2008 0:27:43 GMT 1, Yep. It sucked.
But gotten over it. Dont want to get busted again!
Yep. It sucked.
But gotten over it. Dont want to get busted again!
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Replete
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by Replete on Apr 28, 2008 0:50:15 GMT 1, yep twice. First time was when I was 17 and was quite hilarious as one copper thought I'd been sniffing the paint, completely overlooking the huge 12foot long unfinished piece right in front of him. In the interview he kept saying to me you're bombed out of your tiny mind aren't you! I was completly creasing up on the inside with laughter at how stupid the guy was.
yep twice. First time was when I was 17 and was quite hilarious as one copper thought I'd been sniffing the paint, completely overlooking the huge 12foot long unfinished piece right in front of him. In the interview he kept saying to me you're bombed out of your tiny mind aren't you! I was completly creasing up on the inside with laughter at how stupid the guy was.
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Joe J
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by Joe J on Apr 28, 2008 3:55:34 GMT 1, Yep... Trains too. Community service was the punishment... had to start bombing a new tag as well.
Yep... Trains too. Community service was the punishment... had to start bombing a new tag as well.
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ROLLINS
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by ROLLINS on Apr 28, 2008 6:50:52 GMT 1, Yes.
When I was 14 back in 1985.
I got nicked just as we started a lovely sunday out into Croydon on a bombing session.
Just came down the step at Fairfield Halls and the copper heard my cans going as I went down the steps.
Spent 5 hours in a cell and my mum went mental.
Yes.
When I was 14 back in 1985.
I got nicked just as we started a lovely sunday out into Croydon on a bombing session.
Just came down the step at Fairfield Halls and the copper heard my cans going as I went down the steps.
Spent 5 hours in a cell and my mum went mental.
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jamsanich
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by jamsanich on Apr 28, 2008 11:42:43 GMT 1, Yup quite recently
night, most the night locked up
officers were quite impressed with the piece, didnt get prosecuted so all was well in the end! apart from the fact the piece was whitewashed by morning!
Yup quite recently
night, most the night locked up
officers were quite impressed with the piece, didnt get prosecuted so all was well in the end! apart from the fact the piece was whitewashed by morning!
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fallenangel
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by fallenangel on Apr 28, 2008 11:47:34 GMT 1, no but i did get detention for etching on my desk at school years back.
live life on the edge me!
no but i did get detention for etching on my desk at school years back.
live life on the edge me!
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by grantb on Apr 28, 2008 11:50:54 GMT 1, i was 16 at the time, went down by the seafront where there was this pathway. all the youths used to get pissed and used to hang around by the seawall. anyway i passed my mini belton to my friend who hit up on this fence then he passed the can and walked off seeing the police just stroll up thinking that i saw them aswell. but i was just looking at the fence. basically i hit up write in front of them. haha was funny but just sepnt a night in the cell and they let me free.
i was 16 at the time, went down by the seafront where there was this pathway. all the youths used to get pissed and used to hang around by the seawall. anyway i passed my mini belton to my friend who hit up on this fence then he passed the can and walked off seeing the police just stroll up thinking that i saw them aswell. but i was just looking at the fence. basically i hit up write in front of them. haha was funny but just sepnt a night in the cell and they let me free.
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Harveyn
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by Harveyn on Apr 28, 2008 16:18:03 GMT 1, No but I can think of a few that should have been...... ;D ;D
Actually this is a really interesting thread. What makes it interesting for me is the number of names coming up that are not signed up as artists on the forum.
Thats not a problem of course but it would be great to see some pictures of work done over the years by your guys/girls. After all its sort of what this place started of being about.
No but I can think of a few that should have been...... ;D ;D
Actually this is a really interesting thread. What makes it interesting for me is the number of names coming up that are not signed up as artists on the forum.
Thats not a problem of course but it would be great to see some pictures of work done over the years by your guys/girls. After all its sort of what this place started of being about.
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by top on Apr 28, 2008 16:23:07 GMT 1, ..got pulled up by my mum for 'adding picture and verse' to my French books that she took back to school for me..basically it was proper sick..cost her(at the time ยฃ50 !! in 85' .mum has not viewed me the same ever since
..awwww
it was hardcore..
..got pulled up by my mum for 'adding picture and verse' to my French books that she took back to school for me..basically it was proper sick..cost her(at the time ยฃ50 !! in 85' .mum has not viewed me the same ever since
..awwww
it was hardcore..
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by grantb on Apr 28, 2008 16:29:48 GMT 1, ha i just remembered a good story. was writing on this bridge and a plain clothed man saw us from a distance. so we ran/walked down the slope and on to the seafront. seconds later police car pulled up infront of us. At this point i threw my OTR pen we had into somones garden but it hit the front gate and rolled sumwhere. at this point i was wishing that it hadnt roled back. the police got out and said it was you lot on top of the bridge and asking us who was it while shining torches at us. he kept blaming my cousin when he didnt actually write and he was like i swear it was me. they then asked us to show our hands while they examined them to find any ink...one of the officers then said 'WHATS THAT' and pointed out that on my shirt was a bit of ink. i thought fook !! he asked how it go there, and i was like i dont know its dirt or somehting. then all of them started to sniff it to see if they could smell ink. eventually we got let off and they said dont do it again! they knew it was us but we were very lucky to get off.
Went back the next morning and found my pen just on the pathway to the gate i threw it at.
ha i just remembered a good story. was writing on this bridge and a plain clothed man saw us from a distance. so we ran/walked down the slope and on to the seafront. seconds later police car pulled up infront of us. At this point i threw my OTR pen we had into somones garden but it hit the front gate and rolled sumwhere. at this point i was wishing that it hadnt roled back. the police got out and said it was you lot on top of the bridge and asking us who was it while shining torches at us. he kept blaming my cousin when he didnt actually write and he was like i swear it was me. they then asked us to show our hands while they examined them to find any ink...one of the officers then said 'WHATS THAT' and pointed out that on my shirt was a bit of ink. i thought fook !! he asked how it go there, and i was like i dont know its dirt or somehting. then all of them started to sniff it to see if they could smell ink. eventually we got let off and they said dont do it again! they knew it was us but we were very lucky to get off.
Went back the next morning and found my pen just on the pathway to the gate i threw it at.
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by lampsy on Apr 28, 2008 16:43:36 GMT 1, no, but a few boys i know (in the crew DDS) have told me some stories - i've been telling Teach for years he should write a book
no, but a few boys i know (in the crew DDS) have told me some stories - i've been telling Teach for years he should write a book
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by mcster on Apr 28, 2008 18:03:37 GMT 1, My mate got arrested for the second time at 18 and because of his Dad's previous reaction ("You got nicked for writing on walls???" coupled with a clip around the ear) he asked the Police not to call his home. He got released and as he came through the front door his Dad went off of his head. Apparently the Police had called asking him to return to the station as his Exezma had meant his fingerprints hadn't come out. With fingers like that I'd have turned my hand to more lucratve crime...
My mate got arrested for the second time at 18 and because of his Dad's previous reaction ("You got nicked for writing on walls???" coupled with a clip around the ear) he asked the Police not to call his home. He got released and as he came through the front door his Dad went off of his head. Apparently the Police had called asking him to return to the station as his Exezma had meant his fingerprints hadn't come out. With fingers like that I'd have turned my hand to more lucratve crime...
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by otomi on Apr 28, 2008 18:06:27 GMT 1, Yes. When I was 14 back in 1985. I got nicked just as we started a lovely sunday out into Croydon on a bombing session. Just came down the step at Fairfield Halls and the copper heard my cans going as I went down the steps. Spent 5 hours in a cell and my mum went mental.
That's why you need speaker magnets at the bottom of the cans so they don't make the noise.  They keep the little marbles in their place.
I never got caught but had to run.
Yes. When I was 14 back in 1985. I got nicked just as we started a lovely sunday out into Croydon on a bombing session. Just came down the step at Fairfield Halls and the copper heard my cans going as I went down the steps. Spent 5 hours in a cell and my mum went mental. That's why you need speaker magnets at the bottom of the cans so they don't make the noise. They keep the little marbles in their place. I never got caught but had to run. |
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by danny1 on Apr 28, 2008 19:49:25 GMT 1, I was given the full on raid treatment back in 91..
4 BTP officers into my house and tearing my bed room apart for evidence. Luckily i was quite paranoid and kept all paint and stuff in my brothers bedroom..which they didnt search.
I ended up just getting a caution..
I was given the full on raid treatment back in 91..
4 BTP officers into my house and tearing my bed room apart for evidence. Luckily i was quite paranoid and kept all paint and stuff in my brothers bedroom..which they didnt search.
I ended up just getting a caution..
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by daley on Apr 28, 2008 20:53:48 GMT 1, Back in 1985 (aged about 14) I was walking down the middle of a busy motorway with a mate after decorating an aqueduct when we were beeped by two cops in a police car going the opposite direction. We gave them the obligatory two fingers and thought nothing if it - as the next roundabout was miles away. Ten minutes later they were on their way back down in our direction. We legged it up the embankment, over the wall and set about across a good cross country stretch as fast as we could (baring in mind I was wearing bondage trousers). Didn't expect the coppers to be behind us when we stopped for breath 5 mins later. The more we ran (into wilderness) the more angrier they became - shouting to us what they were gonna do when they caught us. We had stopped laughing by this time and were shitting ourselves. We finally hit a river and were so frightened we just waded through the fast current the best we could. The cops followed suit. We all squelched at high speed for what seemed ages. Eventually my heart and lungs gave in but luckily we had hit woods by this time. One of the cops was about 10 seconds behind. My mate suggested I run around a bush and hide while he carried on. It worked and I crouched shaking and gasping for breath as the cops ran by.
It was the first of many run ins (and run offs) with the law in my yoof. I wasn't always so lucky.
Back in 1985 (aged about 14) I was walking down the middle of a busy motorway with a mate after decorating an aqueduct when we were beeped by two cops in a police car going the opposite direction. We gave them the obligatory two fingers and thought nothing if it - as the next roundabout was miles away. Ten minutes later they were on their way back down in our direction. We legged it up the embankment, over the wall and set about across a good cross country stretch as fast as we could (baring in mind I was wearing bondage trousers). Didn't expect the coppers to be behind us when we stopped for breath 5 mins later. The more we ran (into wilderness) the more angrier they became - shouting to us what they were gonna do when they caught us. We had stopped laughing by this time and were shitting ourselves. We finally hit a river and were so frightened we just waded through the fast current the best we could. The cops followed suit. We all squelched at high speed for what seemed ages. Eventually my heart and lungs gave in but luckily we had hit woods by this time. One of the cops was about 10 seconds behind. My mate suggested I run around a bush and hide while he carried on. It worked and I crouched shaking and gasping for breath as the cops ran by.
It was the first of many run ins (and run offs) with the law in my yoof. I wasn't always so lucky.
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by Lord Lucas Roham on Apr 28, 2008 21:07:46 GMT 1, Also aged 14, at the High Flats in Falkirk, hanging about with a group of lads when one of them pulls out a chunky permanant marker, cue 30 minutes of people writing/drawing various slogans, cocks etc.
Marker eventually comes round to me, I draw a massive cock & balls, similar to Banksy's 'the artist' and point an arrow to the name ZEUS, which my mate had tagged 15 minutes earlier.
Literally as soon as I finished, two Dibble walk round the corner and pull the old "ello ello ello" line.
Basically I get knicked and Dibble have to photograph at least 50 fannies, cocks, tags etc
About 2 weeks later I go back up and speak to the Janitor, he gives me graffiti remover ands voila, it all comes off. Jobs a gone 'un.
My punishment; I had to attend a "Meet the victims" day at a local school hall. I also got two free tickets to the Commitments show at the town hall??? No idea why though.
That is all
Also aged 14, at the High Flats in Falkirk, hanging about with a group of lads when one of them pulls out a chunky permanant marker, cue 30 minutes of people writing/drawing various slogans, cocks etc.
Marker eventually comes round to me, I draw a massive cock & balls, similar to Banksy's 'the artist' and point an arrow to the name ZEUS, which my mate had tagged 15 minutes earlier.
Literally as soon as I finished, two Dibble walk round the corner and pull the old "ello ello ello" line.
Basically I get knicked and Dibble have to photograph at least 50 fannies, cocks, tags etc
About 2 weeks later I go back up and speak to the Janitor, he gives me graffiti remover ands voila, it all comes off. Jobs a gone 'un.
My punishment; I had to attend a "Meet the victims" day at a local school hall. I also got two free tickets to the Commitments show at the town hall??? No idea why though.
That is all
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Ever been arrested for graffiti?, by ashman on Apr 29, 2008 9:46:25 GMT 1, "I also got two free tickets to the Commitments show at the town hall??? No idea why though.
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Surely that was the real punishment?
"I also got two free tickets to the Commitments show at the town hall??? No idea why though.
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Surely that was the real punishment?
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They keep the little marbles in their place.
