Wrong Place Wrong Time...

[Brock Samson]

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  Graffiti vandal arrested by 100 sheriff's deputies
               ThePoliceNews.Net

There is never a good time or place to commit graffiti vandalism, but 4:30PM Friday proved to be a very bad time for Suspect Joshua Vasquez.  

Over 100 sheriff's deputies and police officers    were attending a law enforcement training class when they saw a 22-year old man quickly etch the glass door that leads directly into a City of Commerce meeting room.  As Vasquez began to open the door to etch the inside, he looked shocked to see dozens of deputies and officers running directly towards him.          He turned and ran down the sidewalk as at least 40 deputies and officers crammed through the doorway at the City of Commerce Aquatic Center to go after him.

Within 30 feet of running, Vasquez tripped over his own feet and a curb,    and his momentum caused him to launch forward and fall down to the ground.  Several deputies were within feet of him and restrained him on the ground.

Captain Mike Parker, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, was teaching the class at the time and said, "We were discussing the importance of having backup when engaged in foot pursuits.  Suddenly, the attention of the entire class was drawn to the doorway because for a moment it looked like the suspect was waving at us.  We quickly realized he was actually etching the glass, and then the whole class went after him.  Looking at the door later on, it turns out we could see him, but he couldn't see us.  It would appear he picked the wrong room to vandalize."  

After deputies placed him handcuffed into the back seat of a sheriff's radio car, Vasquez who is 6'04"and 280 pounds, kicked out the rear window before being further restrained.  Vasquez is an East Los Angeles resident and was booked at East Los Angeles Sheriff's Station for felony vandalism to the glass door and vandalism to the radio car.

 

[PocketThunder]

As Homer Simpson would say...... D'oh!!!!!!!   

[MoparManJim]

  

Thanks man, that just made my night. 

That brings the old saying "and what do we have behind this door?" 

[Brock Samson]

 I just wish i was there to see it...   

[Khyron]

as dumb as these poor bastards...

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=72701&provider=top

Gregory ran after him, in full football pads, catching him at the top of the hill. "And I...grabbed him by his hooded sweatshirt and took him down on the ground where we were able to get handcuffs on him," he said.

Also in on the tackle; Sacramento Police motorcycle officer and team tight end T.J. Price. "It almost felt unreal, honestly," Price said. "How often are you going to get a criminal come running through, you know, 60 cops playing out here, and instinct kicks in and he's our criminal so we're gonna get him one way or another."

LMFAO!

[ChgrSteve67]

"...kicked out the rear window before being further restrained."

That means hog tied with zip ties and thrown back into the car face first.

and I'm sure he was removed out of the car feet first landing on the ground face first to cushen the landing.

and of course he tripped and fell down a flight of steps.

[Brock Samson]

 well, he did "trip over his own feet and over a curb before sliding along the ground"...  

here's the back story:

from the LA Times..

Anaheim business owner caught between city laws and taggers
February 16, 2010 | 11:04 am
When taggers spray painted the windows of Rosa Bobbio's tiny upholstery shop in Anaheim, she called the police, who told her it was the city's responsibility.

But the city told her she owed them $466.66 in fines and fees for not replacing her defaced windows at Century Custom Upholstery. Bobbio's experience is similar to that of other business owners in Southern California who find themselves caught between the zero-tolerance policies of municipal governments and the persistent destruction of taggers.

"I know the city needs money, but I cannot afford to pay all this," said Bobbio, who has run the shop with her brother for decades. "Business is terrible right now."
Graffiti is so prevalent in Anaheim that even the trees and light poles cannot escape taggers, Bobbio said. Vandals most recently hit her shop on South East Street on Sunday night, covering her windows in blue spray paint and her walls in black, gold and purple. That was just days after vandals scratched markings into her glass windows.

She usually cleans up the graffiti herself or a neighbor will grab a bucket of paint and cover the scrawls. But glass vandalism is another matter. Late last year, taggers etched crude scrawls into her windows, something a generous coat of paint could not fix. Bobbio balked at the $1,700 cost of replacing them, so the markings remained there for months until the city fined her for not repairing them.
Anaheim officials said the city had been working to solve the problem since October, when they first responded to reports of graffiti on Bobbio's building.

"Graffiti is the responsibility of the business owners," said Ruth Ruiz, a spokeswoman for the city of Anaheim. "If she continues to speak with the city or needs additional assistance, she can just contact our code enforcement, and we can work with them."

Ruiz said the city often sends crews to remove graffiti or provides paint for small-business owners to do it themselves, and the city last year started the Anaheim Community Anti-Graffiti Effort, a coalition of residents, business owners, police and code-enforcement officers charged with tackling the graffiti problem.

"The surest way to deter graffiti is to eliminate graffiti," she said
After Bobbio was fined, she contacted Mike Schuch of Xlnt Tint of Anaheim, who decided to test, for free, a new protection process he had been working on. He pasted a protective film on some of her windows late last week and had planned to return this week to finish the job.

But right after he treated the windows, vandals scraped into them again.

"I'm sitting here waiting for my shipment of new pads, so I can go finish this job.... it's just disheartening," Schuch said.

Still, he said, repairing the windows should be relatively quick. The only outstanding issue then would be the $466.66 fine. But Bobbio remains adamant.

"I'm not gonna pay no fine – I think I got my rights too," Bobbio said. "Who's going to control these people? If the city doesn't control these people, what can I do?"

-- Amina Khan

   Ms. Bobbio's windows were etched by taggers. Glass-etching is the most difficult to repair, and in almost all cases, the glass needs to be replaced. Since 2000 it's become a huge problem in most major cities.

[Old Moparz]

That's a great story.   

I started seeing that "etching" style in the early 80's on the NYC subway car windows. If I recall, it was stated that the reason they scratch their crap in the glass is to make sure it's permanent. The spray paint gets washed off or painted over, so they needed a better way to mark territory like any other dumb animal.

[ITSA426]

"...kicked out the rear window before being further restrained."

That means hog tied with zip ties and thrown back into the car face first.

and I'm sure he was removed out of the car feet first landing on the ground face first to cushen the landing.

and of course he tripped and fell down a flight of steps.

Probably a gentlemen that wears his pants halfway down his ass crack, making rapid escape on foot more difficult.  He possibly tripped on his excess trouser length.  Still the mental picture of him being removed from the car made me smile.