Graffiti on private jet at Van Nuys Airport (LA) - damage estimated at $100000

Frightening
evidence of how lax our airport security has become is provided by an
incident near Los Angeles, where a parked private jet airplane was
tagged by a graffiti artist vandal. Russ Niles of AVweb reports: 



Los
Angeles World Airports has confirmed an unusual incident of aircraft
vandalism at Van Nuys Airport earlier this week. A Learjet was tagged
with some elaborate graffiti,

Graffiti gang who caused £150,000 worth of damage to trains described by judge as 'talented artists'

- Keiron Cummings, 21, Alex Rowe, 22, and Billy McColl, 17, carried out vandalism on 'an industrial scale' 

- Self-styled 'SMT' graffiti gang targeted train and tube carriages across London, causing £150,000 worth of damage 

- Judge Henry Blacksell said he would pass 'least possible' sentence as he praised defendants' 'talent'




A judge described a graffiti gang who
caused £150,000 worth

Tagger arrested in Christchurch (New Zealand)

Tagging in Christchurch costs the city thousands of dollars each year.


Police have nabbed a teenager they say is one of Christchurch's (New Zealand) most
prolific taggers, as part of a new hardline approach to the vandalism.



Senior Sergeant Glenn Nalder said an 18-year-old was arrested last
week and charged with wilful damage for allegedly causing "several
thousands of dollars" worth

Two Vista teens arrested for allegedly causing $274,000 in graffiti damage

VISTA, California — Two teenagers have been arrested for allegedly causing $274,000 worth of graffiti damage in San Diego County.
City News Service says a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old, both from Vista, were arrested Thursday.

Authorities contend they tagged sidewalks, road signs,
bus benches and other public property hundreds of times in the past
seven months, leading to a small fortune

Vandals spray graffiti on Age UK ambulance in Leicester causing thousands of pounds damage

Vandals have caused thousands of pounds damage after covering a charity's ambulance in graffiti.

They broke into a secure compound in Yeoman Street, in the city centre, before spraying the Age UK vehicle on Tuesday night.



The vehicle, which ferries people to Clarence House in the city every
day, was so badly covered in graffiti that it could not be used.



Silver paint blotted out nearly

Jail for graffiti vandal who caused £54,000 of damage to trains in Surrey and London

A GRAFFITI vandal who caused more than £54,000 worth of damage to trains has been jailed for 16 months.

A police investigation into Eugene Ironside uncovered dozens of
images of graffiti-damaged trains, including one at Caterham station
which was damaged in January 2007.



Ironside, 23, had been arrested by police in July last year after the
security shutter of a chemist's in Selhurst, near