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January 15, 2009 by Mike
From The News Tribune:
Prosecutors have charged Olympia mixed-martial-arts champion and avowed anarchist Jeff Monson with first-degree malicious mischief based on photographs published in the December edition of “ESPN The Magazine,” showing him spray-painting an anarchist symbol on the state Capitol, court papers state.
A warrant seeking Monson’s arrest was filed Wednesday morning in Thurston County Superior Court. Monson, 37, is charged with first-degree malicious mischief, a Class B felony carrying a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
The graffiti cost $19,000 to clean up, the court papers state. Police have been seeking those responsible for spray-painting graffiti on columns on the north side of the Capitol’s legislative building on Nov. 26. The graffiti included anarchy symbols, a peace symbol, and phrases such as “no war” and “no poverty.”
According to the court papers, a State Patrol and an Olympia police detective recognized Monson as the perpetrator of the graffiti on surveillance footage captured by a camera at the Capitol, but the break in the case occurred after ESPN The Magazine published an article on Monson and his political views on Dec. 29.
A photograph of Monson leaving graffiti on the Capitol was included in the article, court papers state.
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