Atlanta police have obtained arrest warrants for seven men believed to be responsible for more than 800 acts of graffiti vandalism throughout the city.
Police spokesman Carlos Campos said Officer Ari Bleifield, a member of the Mayor’s Graffiti Task Force, spent several months tracking the vandals.
“These arrest warrants show the APD’s commitment to enforcement of quality of life issues, such as graffiti vandalism,” Chief George Turner said in a press release.
“Left unchecked, graffiti can bring down a community and give people the impression that its residents simply don’t care,” Turner said. “Our pursuit of these lawbreakers is proof that the city of Atlanta does care.”
Campos said a total of 29 warrants were issued for the seven alleged vandals. Two of the men have been arrested and a third is being held in the Clayton County Jail on unrelated charges.
He said officers have seized evidence, including spray paint cans, during the execution of three search warrants.
Douglas Grantham Jones, 19, who tags his graffiti with the name "Beav," was arrested and taken to the Atlanta Pretrial Detention Center, charged with four counts of violating the city ordinance on graffiti abatement and destruction of property.
Michael Norman Goodman, 20, was arrested and booked into the Fulton County Jail on a felony charge of criminal damage to property in the second degree. Gioodman, who police said tags his graffit with the name "Enzo," is also facing six counts of violating the city’s graffiti abatement ordinance and a destruction of property charge.
Daniel William Rohrabaugh, 25, is wanted for four counts of violating the city’s graffiti abatement ordinance and destruction of property, and is being held in the Clayton County Jail on unrelated charges. Rohrabaugh tags his graffiti with the name "Steal," according to police.
Joshua Graham Feigert, 27, is wanted for three counts of violating the city’s graffiti abatement ordinance and one felony count of criminal damage to property in the second degree. Police said Feigert is also known by the graffiti tags "Feed" and "Russia."
Christian Peter Rancourt, 29, is wanted for two counts of violating the city’s graffiti abatement ordinance. His graffiti is tagged with the name "Perve," police said.
Marcos Velez-Acevedo, 23, is wanted for four counts of violating the city’s graffiti abatement ordinance and destruction of property. Police said his graffiti is tagged with the name "Shine."
Christopher Erik Smith, 28, who tags his graffiti with the name "Vomet," is wanted for four counts of violating the city’s graffiti abatement ordinance.
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