Graffiti Tagger Has Similar Tag And Vanity License Plate, Making Apprehension Easy
via bostonherald.com
An Iraq war vet who moonlighted as an interstate serial graffiti vandal was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday for painting nine T trains with massive murals on a three-day tagging spree in May.
T police said Chicago-native Jose Alvarez, 25, is a member of the international graffiti crew MUL — or Made U Look. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of vandalizing MBTA property for spray-painting his tag “WOES” on four Red Line trains at the Codman storage yard in Dorchester and five Orange Line trains at Forest Hills on May 5-7. The guerrilla art project cost the T an estimated $18,000.
Transit Police Lt. Nancy O’Loughlin said Alvarez’s license plate, “WOESDC5,” helped link him to the crime.
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