Source: Radio New Zealand
Senior Sergeant Stephen McDaniel says that Police are happy to have the brazen tagger off the streets. RNZ / Nate McKinnon
Police arrested a North Canterbury resident for over 500 tags in various locations throughout Kaikoura, Canterbury and Dunedin.
The 23-year-old man will be appearing at the Christchurch District Court on 5 December on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti.
Senior Sergeant Stephen McDaniel said that Police are happy to have the brazen tagger off the streets.
“Not only was the offender spray painting his ‘tag’ everywhere, he was also taking videos of his offending and posting them to social media and benefiting from the notoriety.”
The offending tag was found on public bridges, toilets, walls, rubbish bins, walkways, light posts, former gun emplacements, train tracks, water tanks and drainage pipes.
“The offending leaves a lasting piece of graffiti on the public structures, and in some instances the offender has spray painted the same spot after councils have cleaned up their prior graffiti.”
“Graffiti or tagging is considered as intentionally damaging property, and we’ll hold offenders to account,” says Senior Sergeant McDaniel.
Police are asking the public to report any illegal graffiti they witness.
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