RI State Police arrest 3 for defacing highways and bridges
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The Rhode Island State Police Intelligence Unit has arrested three men alleged to have defaced state highways and bridges. State Police Detective Peter Chabot and Patrolwoman Nicole Darling of the Providence Police Department worked in tandem to develop information on the taggers police say are responsible for defacing public highways. During the week of March 22, the state police arrested Sean Rutherford, 19, of 507 Douglas Pike, North Smithfield and Daniel Seigler, 23, of 11 Medway St., Providence for malicious damage/vandalism (graffiti). They were arraigned at the state police Lincoln barracks and released on $1,000 personal recognizance. Police said both men are responsible for graffiti along the new I-way project. On April 30 Zeno Trocchi, age 19, of 292 Morse Ave., Providence was arrested and charged with malicious damage/vandalism (graffiti). Trocchi was processed at the Wickford barracks and released on the misdemeanor to appear in Sixth Distrcit Court May 8. Colonel Brendan P. Doherty, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police said, "These arrests are the result of an ongoing initiative that we began last year. Instead of just catching taggers in the act, we are now identifying taggers and graffti artists by developing sources. This investigative initiative sends a message that law enforcement will not tolerate graffiti taggers and gang members defacing property, and quality of life issues are important to us." 
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The penalties need to be raised for this public vandalism. We pay Millions for these public construction projects, only to have them defaced by these ignorant criminals. Lock these punks up.
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These three young men should be rewarded with a 30 day, all expenses paid, stay at the Cranston Hilton. Graffiti is not art, it's vandalism. Nice work RISP.
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I think that street art is beautiful. As long as there are no curse words or vulgarity, it is an expression of our youth. Good grafiti is better than paying an 'artist', let the art flow.
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Give these 3 hoodlums a toothbrush and some soapy water and tell them to remove their trash! This is not art, K., this is grafitti meant to spread the message that gangs rule this neighborhood! Don't be fooled, tagging is predominantly gang-related not "art". People violating public space should be fine $5,000.00 and made to work off their fines by cleaning up Providence from grafitti.
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you dont pay millions you dont pay hardly anything for graffiti, solve some real crimes not just a bunch of kids acting like 12 yr olds writing on buildings that can be cleaned up in two seconds with a bucket of paint. What about the property tax you gotta make up for brown since this governor doesnt have them pay anything, since they "bring so much money in" however brown takes up basically the whole eastside, so thats a lot of money. thats a real problem. but no no one notices the the hundreds of homeless all the sudden living under bridges in tents. No one realized the jump in homeless, ya this states doing great graffiti it defiantly the main problem....
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