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Revere man charged as yahoo who spray painted historic trolleys at Boylston T stop

Transit Police report arresting Marc Meadowcroft, 19, of Revere, today on charges he defaced two old trolleys sitting on an unused track at Boylston station last year by spraying them with his tag of "CIGA."

Meadowcroft now faces 14 counts of felony tagging in Boston Municipal Court, police say.

Despite the widespread publicity over the incident and the arrest warrant issued for an alleged accomplice, Meadowcroft didn't let up after the January, 2014 incident, police say:

Over the next several months detectives assigned to the Transit Police Special Crimes Unit worked diligently to identify the second individual involved. During that time the suspect continued his campaign of vandalism against the MBTA, private and city of Boston owned property.

Police add the man charged as his accomplice remains at large; they think he's fled the state.

Innocent, etc.

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Jack*ss.

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You know that obscure law that allows duels to the death to take place on the Common on Sundays if the governor is present?

Any chance Charlie Baker would be willing to be present to preside over this criminal facing off against some of our hard core transit fans in a bout for justice?

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Public shaming isn't always a good idea, but it might work for this case.

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I would be curious to see how many times he gets tagged.

NOT ART

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I know he's over 18 and technically an adult but the phrase "Revere man" automatically makes me go to the image of a middle aged overweight Italian in a tanktop smoking 100s in a plastic lawnchair in front of the Boulevard

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My guess is that you've got a lot of associations with the words "Revere" and "man" that cause you to have flashbacks or something.

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I don't think Little Bro' in the Boat should be killed but I wouldn't mentally object in the slightest if this kid got the noose. In the case of the marathon bomber he can be a symbol to would-be terrorists that your dreams of being with god are going to put on hold for 65 years.

But in the case of this little shit I don't see what good is done keeping him around.

(I'm not serious but it's nice to think about people like this being banished from earth.)

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...are you talking about?

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Everybody is so concerned about the "damage" or how this kid is a "scumbag". Noone seems to be concerned about the fact that a 19 year old kid is able to go into a train station at night and spend 15 to 20 minutes tagging a train. We are lucky these kids didn't decide to put a bomb down there. forget about the kid the mbta should be ashamed of themselves. I expect kids to do stupid things. I didn't expect the security level at mbta stations to be so low, that people could go down there and do whatever.

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I agree with this somewhat.. but I still think its scummy to do that to one of those trolley's. But I'm a rail fan, so that opinion is to be expected.

However, what boggles me is that the MBTA recieved a HUGE grant to install high def security cameras in all T stations. This should have been done to Boylston also.. (of course, they could be 'waiting' for the station to be reworked in a few years also.. so I am not 100% sure if they exist there)

My question is, why didn't anyone see this on camera (if such cameras are installed)?

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both westbound (exiting) and eastbound (entering). To my knowledge, there are no security cameras anywhere in the station.

The T's reluctance to place cameras could be because Boylston Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. While Park Street, which has some cameras, is also on the National Register, the T has been very paranoid about doing anything at Boylston, save for installation of automatic fare collection, because of the backlash from their failed attempt many years ago to block access to, and the view of, the inactive outer tracks (old Tremont Street line) by installing cinder block walls.

For those unfamiliar with the story, the T's contractor started installing the walls one evening after service had ended. Reliable sources at the time told me that they got the work about one-third completed until the Mass. Historical Commission found out and immediately put a stop to it. The 'compromise' was the installation of wrought iron full height fences along the outer edge of the platforms, which remain in place to this day.

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Between smashed train windows, graffiti, vandalized fare gates etc how much does this cost the MBTA and ultimately the taxpayers.

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These comments are evidence that graffiti should be decriminalized so that we can reassign the graffiti cops to pursuing crotchety old people who post their crotchety old person opinions on internet comment sections (which should be criminalized).

You guys are way worse for the world than graffiti. Now continue daydreaming about executing someone for vandalism, but make sure to keep an eye on your lawn in case those damn kids play on it again.

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I agree.

How about you post your street address so we can all come by your house and spray paint various slogans and "art" all over it? I'm sure you won't mind.

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So what if the train is a kind of museum, and was specially painted to show a bygone era. Since this kid was able to get to the trolleys with his spray paint, he should have been able to write CIGA without the law going heavy on him. Victimless crime.

By the way, what is your address? I'm looking for places to spread my political thoughts- in the form of "Doug Bennet for Mayor"- and I'd love to paint it all over your property.

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I'm an avid gardener, and I'm sure I've got better ideas for how your lawn should look than you do.

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Did Mr. Meadowcraft go to a 24 hour convenience store and buy a gallon of milk after he tagged the Boylston streetcars?

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He was due in court, on charges of assaulting a police officer - after refusing to pay his fare on AMTRAK - but he just blew it off. That's how he came to be arrested. They went and got him, then he was charged with the vandalism counts.

THEN Judge Catherine Byrne refused to revoke his open bail on that and let him walk.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

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that any judge who goes against makes a ruling that is contrary to the prosecution's recommendations regarding bial or sentencing must be required to provide a written justification for said decision for the public record, to also be released to the public.

Then perhaps some of these judges will start making rational decisions in these matters, instead of trying to "one-up" the prosecution or play favor to the defense.

It would also help if we gave the prosecution the same rights to appeal a "too-low" bail or sentencing requirements that we give the defense for "too high" bail or sentence.

Yes, I realize I'm treading dangerously close to Suzie Derkins territory here (And while I'm dreaming, ...)

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judge who goes against the prosecution's recommendations

Judges don't "go against" the recommendations, they decide not to accept them.

Just as they don't "go against" the defense recommendations for no bail.

Does anyone have some recommended readings on how our justice system works?

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Did the Transit Police sweat him and make him reveal the whereabouts of BLUSH and MASON, too? (Personally, I have thought CIGA, BLUSH, and MASON were really just one person with a split personality.)

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He'll be fine guys. Graffiti is open to interpretation- your opinions are valid yet not factual. Ciga is prolific whether he be the suspect in question or not. Ciga has made history, no matter how infamous.
The mbta staff and their police should be more ashamed than ciga is. It is their responsibility to protect and secure the property. The fact it is undoubtedly easy to access their vintage trains and much more is a disgrace. Prosecute them for their irresponsibility and let the graffiti kids show the world that there is a way to exist outside the common views of the pedestrian and subjective society.

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if a few of those "grafitti kids" showed up at your house one night and decided to tag it with their 'art'. And I'm sure you'd have no problem if your homeowner's insurance decided to deny your claim for repairs by telling you "well, shame on you for not securing your property better."

Grafitti is vandalism - no more, no less.

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