Man held in more than 300 graffiti incidents

VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in Vista have arrested an 18-year-old man who’s accused of more than 300 graffiti vandalism incidents across the city.

San Diego County sheriff’s Deputy Adrian Moses says it cost the city about $90,000 to clean up the graffiti allegedly scrawled by Bladimir Alexis Lopez.

U-T San Diego reports (https://bit.ly/1dzi6R8) Lopez was taken into custody Thursday morning at his home in Vista. Moses says several items of evidence were seized at the residence.

Investigators were aided by Graffiti Tracker, a database designed to help identify graffiti vandals.

Vista is about 40 miles north of downtown San Diego.

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Information from: U-T San Diego, https://www.utsandiego.com