Police Catch Up To 'National Nuisance' (Prolific graffiti 'tagger' finally tagged in Indy)

WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) ^ | 11/06/09 | na

[DemforBush]

INDIANAPOLIS -- A "national nuisance," as police call him, was taken off the streets Thursday night with the arrest of one of the city's most prolific purveyors of graffiti.

Miguel Villanueva, 23, tagged dozens of buildings in Indianapolis with his signature symbol of "choke," which is how he refers to himself.

Villanueva told 6News as he was being arrested Thursday that he hit buildings not only in Indiana but in other states...

[DemforBush]

Not exactly the crime of the century, but I found two things interesting.

1) That this guy has 8 hours a day to devote to vandalizing other people's property (reputedly 100k+ damage in Indianapolis alone)

2) That a guy who's P.O.'d so many people has the chutzpah to say: "For all you people out there that don't like my graffiti, I'd have to say, 'Too bad, man.'"

Sometimes, I think we could learn a thing or two from Singapore. Remember Michael Fay? (THWACK! >:) )

[Migraine]

I gotcher “choke” right here.

[wetgundog]

Maybe this vandal needs to be “choked” to death.

[I Buried My Guns]

I say cut off the #1 finger on his tagging hand. That way he can’t spray a can of paint, and everyone can see he’s an assclown.

[rlmorel]

Let’s send him to Saudi Arabia and let them punish him. I wonder what THEIR punishment would be?

[oh8eleven]

Miguel Villanueva
Somehow I knew he wouldn't be a John Smith.
Just like I knew the Fort Hood shooter wouldn't be one either.

[Obadiah]

"I don't think it's making the city look like crap. I think it actually … shows a little character for the city," Villanueva said with a smile. "For all you people out there that don't like my graffiti, I'd have to say, 'Too bad, man.'"

"Indianapolis police Sgt. Matt Mount said Villanueva caused more than $100,000 in damage to private and public properties in the last year."

I would bet my very last dollar that this punk has an Obama sticker somewhere pasted on his possession.

[Cheetahcat]

Should shoot him and leave the scumbag as a warning.

[Made In The USA]

“For all you people out there that don’t like my graffiti, I’d have to say, ‘Too bad, man.’”

So he likes tattoos. I say the Judge should offer several years in jail or some similar graffiti (tattoos) on his head, like ‘I AM STUPID’, ‘I have a criminal record’, and ‘Doesn’t know right from wrong’.