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Brighton man crosses river and spray-paints several cars in Cambridge, police say

Cambridge Police report arresting a Brighton man they say they caught red-handed, well, green- and white-handed, after having just finished spraying graffiti in those colors on five cars parked on Bishop Allen Drive around 1:30 Monday morning.

A male who was located in the immediate vicinity of the reported damage with several opened spray paint cans under his immediate control, and seemingly fresh spray paint on both his hands and clothing attire. He was read his Miranda Rights on scene before stating he was in fact responsible for the damage sustained to the motor vehicles.

A police spokesman adds:

Two cars sustained a majority of the damage, while the three remaining cars suffered less damage.

It was a combination of designs, numbers and letters.

Michael Lucero, 39, was charged with five counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, police say.

Innocent, etc.

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did he have a skateboard?

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Why dos a 39 year old man do this?

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Isn't this vandalism?

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The Larceny of a Motor Vehicle statute has damaging a motor vehicle in the statute:

Part of MGL 266 s.28:

Section 28. (a) Whoever steals a motor vehicle or trailer, whoever maliciously damages a motor vehicle or trailer, whoever buys, receives, possesses, conceals, or obtains control of a motor vehicle or trailer, knowing or having reason to know the same to have been stolen, or whoever takes a motor vehicle without the authority of the owner and steals from it any of its parts or accessories, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than fifteen years or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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The text you quote provides the punishment for damaging a motor vehicle, but it doesn't mention the word larceny.

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For whatever reason they use the words steal, theft and concealment in there, but every court knows this statute as a "Larceny of a Motor Vehicle"

Section 28: Motor vehicle or trailer; theft or concealment; operation without owner's consent after revocation of license; penalty
Section 28. (a) Whoever steals a motor vehicle or trailer, whoever maliciously damages a motor vehicle or trailer, whoever buys, receives, possesses, conceals, or obtains control of a motor vehicle or trailer, knowing or having reason to know the same to have been stolen, or whoever takes a motor vehicle without the authority of the owner and steals from it any of its parts or accessories, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than fifteen years or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Evidence that an identifying number or numbers of a motor vehicle or trailer or part thereof has been intentionally and maliciously removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated, or mutilated, shall be prima facie evidence that the defendant knew or had reason to know that the motor vehicle, or trailer or part thereof had been stolen.

A prosecution commenced under this subdivision shall not be placed on file or continued without a finding and the sentence imposed upon a person convicted of violating this subdivision for a second or subsequent offense shall not be reduced to less than one year imprisonment, nor shall any sentence imposed upon any person be suspended, or reduced, until such person shall have served one year of such sentence if convicted of a second or subsequent such offense.

A person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of violating the provisions of this subdivision shall not be eligible for probation, parole, furlough or work release; provided, however that the commissioner of correction may, on the recommendation of warden, superintendent, or other person in charge of a correctional institution, or the administrator of a county correctional institution, grant to said offender a temporary release in the custody of an officer of such institution for the following purposes: to attend the funeral of next of kin or spouse; to visit a critically ill close relative or spouse; or to obtain emergency medical services unavailable at said institution.

(b) Whoever conceals any motor vehicle or trailer thief knowing him to be such, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or by imprisonment in jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(c) A conviction of a violation of this section or any adjudication that a person is a delinquent child by reason thereof, except for a conviction or adjudication for malicious damage to a motor vehicle or trailer, shall be reported forthwith by the court or magistrate to the registrar of motor vehicles who shall revoke immediately the license to operate motor vehicles or the right to operate motor vehicles of the person so convicted or adjudged, and no appeal, motion for new trial or exceptions shall operate to stay the revocation of such license or right to operate. The registrar of motor vehicles after having revoked the license or right to operate of any such person so convicted or adjudged shall issue a new license or reinstate such right to operate, if the prosecution of such person is finally terminated in his favor; otherwise, no new license shall be issued nor shall such right to operate be reinstated until one year after the date of revocation following his original conviction or adjudication if for a first offense, or until five years after the date of revocation following any subsequent conviction or adjudication.

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In addition to paying to clean up the cars, he should be sentenced to wear green and white facepaint in public for, let's say, one month per car.

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That's a short walk from Graffiti Alley, an outdoor corridor on the south side of Libby's Liquors. "Artists" are always there with their spray cans, painting over the work of other "artists" and it's actually more or less encouraged.

For the most part, the kids you see there look like they came in from Framingham or Sudbury and are working on "portfolios" for their Emerson applications.

Like Carnival, I always viewed it as an externally originated plague inflicted on the neighborhood. Guess this middle-aged fool proves my theory.

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"Brighton man ..."

Nuff said.

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