Man arrested for graffiti
While in some areas, graffiti is considered art and, in fact, encouraged as decoration, sometimes it is just plain damaging and an eyesore.
One man was jailed early Friday morning after he was caught spray-painting graffiti on buildings on Bagley Street.
Just before 4 a.m., officer David Lynn saw a man, later identified as Julian Silva, 19, "tagging" a building on the corner of Bagley Street and U.S. 60.
Socorro Police Chief Lawrence Romero said that when Silva saw Lynn, he ran into his house, which was only a few doors down from the building he was spray-painting.
According to the complaint, no one answered the door when Lynn knocked on it. As the officer was investigating the spray-painted side of the building, he also saw that another building on the corner was also spray-painted.
In both cases, the spray-paint was still fresh, the complaint said.
Both buildings were spray-painted with various gang symbols.
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