Orange County and as far north as San Francisco. Graffiti that caused $6,000 damage to a waterĭistinctive bubble letters also appear on fixed Multicolored murals that took hours to complete Graffiti ranged from simple scrawlings on Nickname from a character on the television showĬhildren's show. South Bay area." Ramos apparently selected the word His handiwork are in central Los Angeles, but there have In that crew and is the most prolific we've ever seen. Raison d'etre." "There's no question Ramos was the most prolific
Putting their names on everything they can find," said Shutan, who Known as a "crew." "They're basically a bunch of taggers who go Deputy City Attorney Peter Shutan, whoĬase, said Ramos is not a gang member but was part of a group of Then receive a substantial community service termĬleaning up graffiti. The 28 initial charges and is being held on Resident, who lives in a local housing project, allegedlyįamous Chaka!" when he was arrested, police said. In Lincoln Heights while drawing his name on a traffic pole. Number of misdemeanor counts filed against Ramos since he was arrested Graffiti stained several walls along the beach as well as overpasses and In the South Bay, investigators said Ramos' distinctive "The extent of theĭamage makes this the worst case of graffiti vandalism we have seen inĪngeles or heard of anywhere else in the nation," said Los Angeles CityĪttorney James Hahn. Spray-painting the name "Chaka" on up to 10,000 locationsĬalifornia, causing at least $500,000 in damage. Authorities say they believe Daniel Ramos, 18, But further run-ins with the law ensued, and Ramos/Chaka last appeared in the pages of the Los Angeles Times in October 1998, when he was sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing three pairs of Nike shoes from a Mervyn’s department store, violating his probation on previous offenses.Tarnishing thousands of buildings and walls -īay. By the mid-1990s he claimed he’d found religion and tried to translate his creative drive to legit wall murals (right). shift, armed with black and silver spray paint - seven cans hidden in a backpack. His MO, according to an account he gave police, was to work an 11 p.m.-to-5 a.m. Ramos, who took his spray name from a furry character on the mid-1970s fantasy television series, ‘Land of the Lost,’ had been pinched plenty of times before as a juvenile, but having reached the age of majority he was sentenced to three years’ probation and 1,560 hours of graffiti-cleanup duty.
The authorities alleged that the wispily built kid who grew up in the Aliso Village project had left his mark in more than 10,000 places, resulting in more than $500,000 in property damage. Ramos was 18 when police caught him pen-handed in November 1990, using a marker to scrawl ‘Chaka’ on a traffic light pole in Lincoln Heights.
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