OCEAN CITY — A Montgomery County man, sentenced in 2015 convicted in 2015 for his role in a massive graffiti spree in the downtown area of Ocean City, was sent back to jail to serve out the rest of his original three-year sentence this week following a violation of probation hearing.
In November 2015, Raul Vasquez, Jr., now 21, of Silver Spring, was sentenced to three years in jail for his role in a spree of at least 45 graffiti incidents in downtown Ocean City in April 2015, but all but six months of which was suspended. Vasquez served his sentence, but has since been arrested on an assault charge in Montgomery County, triggering a violation of the terms of his probation for the Worcester County conviction. Back in District Court in Ocean City on Monday, Vasquez was found guilty of violation of probation and was sent back to serve the remainder of his original sentence, or two years and four months.
In the early morning hours on April 19, 2015, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers first discovered graffiti in the area of 17th Street and Philadelphia Avenue around 5 a.m. After a canvas of the area, OCPD officers located approximately 45 graffiti “taggings,” affecting multiple businesses and citizens. The spray paint spree ran from 16th Street to 20th Street and included restaurant walls, shopping center windows, motel windows and walls and multiple vehicles. With assistance from area businesses, OCPD officers were quickly able to determine that suspects from outside the area were responsible for the vandalism.
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2 comments:
Don't allow the criminal to SIT. Make him WORK!! Pushing a broom, picking up liter - something constructive. Sitting, doing nothing is a waste of time and my taxpaying dollars!
21st Century - think in different terms!!!!! Or to put it bluntly - "get more bang for MY buck!"
This guy goes to jail but a guy here in Salisbury whose killed two people and participated in home invasions walks the street because of plea deals? People are really out of their minds these days. I'd much rather have a little graffiti than some crazed killer roaming around the neighborhood because our State Attorney's office is too damn lazy to adjudicate and send criminals to prison where they belong.
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