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Graffiti Artist Sentenced to Jail Time for Skipping Community Service: DA

By Katie Honan | May 6, 2016 5:34pm | Updated on May 9, 2016 8:48am

CORONA — A teen who was busted last year for tagging up the neighborhood has been re-sentenced to eight months in jail after failing to complete his court-ordered community service, according to the Queens District Attorney's office.

Moise B. Vilorio, 19, plead guilty in February to criminal mischief after he was busted tagging "Lil Capo" and other tags, including "FTP" and "DPL157," in green marker on an electrical box and benches around Corona. He also pleaded guilty that day to an assault charge stemming from an August fight, records show.

He was sentenced to 30 days of community service and paid bail through a bondsman, according to the DA's office. But he was brought into court by the bondsman on May 4 after he neglected to do his community service — which would put their bail in danger. 

Vilorio faced Judge Peter Vallone Jr., who as a city councilman was outspoken against graffiti. He sentenced the teen to eight months in jail. 

“New Yorkers are sick and tired of so-called graffiti ‘artists’ and their ego-driven vandalism of public property, which is a blight on the urban landscape and costs taxpayers thousands of dollars to clean up," District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement. 

Vilorio also has a pending case involving an arrest on March 12 where witnesses observed him brandishing a sharpened broomstick on 108th Street and Otis Avenue in Corona, according to a criminal complaint.

He allegedly told a witness, "It's hot in here, people are getting stabbed, I use it for protection," before dropping the three-foot stick, the complaint said.