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Taggers Arrested After Posting Graffiti Photos on Facebook

An Imperial Beach resident pressure-washes his fence that had been tagged with graffiti.
An Imperial Beach resident pressure-washes his fence that had been tagged with graffiti.

On April 21, San Diego sheriff’s deputies arrested several members of a tagging group responsible for over $70,000 in property damage in Imperial Beach. Law enforcement officials tracked them down on Facebook, according to a press release.

Imperial Beach resident Russel “Razl” Matthews, 20, had a Facebook page with photos of him and other members of the tagging crew posing with their works of vandalism. Two of Matthews’s Facebook “friends,” Jacob “Rocket” Jacobson, 19, and a 16-year-old juvenile, were also arrested. Police officers in Chula Vista and National City are looking for at least seven more taggers identified in the posted photos.

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An Imperial Beach homeowner who was scrubbing clean his fence early on May 1 was glad to hear of the arrests but said they haven’t stopped the tagging on his block.

“I had the city out last week cleaning up one, and I got hit again last night, so I’m dealing with that,” said the homeowner. “They like this white wall. I should paint it black, but then they’d probably use white paint.”

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An Imperial Beach resident pressure-washes his fence that had been tagged with graffiti.
An Imperial Beach resident pressure-washes his fence that had been tagged with graffiti.

On April 21, San Diego sheriff’s deputies arrested several members of a tagging group responsible for over $70,000 in property damage in Imperial Beach. Law enforcement officials tracked them down on Facebook, according to a press release.

Imperial Beach resident Russel “Razl” Matthews, 20, had a Facebook page with photos of him and other members of the tagging crew posing with their works of vandalism. Two of Matthews’s Facebook “friends,” Jacob “Rocket” Jacobson, 19, and a 16-year-old juvenile, were also arrested. Police officers in Chula Vista and National City are looking for at least seven more taggers identified in the posted photos.

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An Imperial Beach homeowner who was scrubbing clean his fence early on May 1 was glad to hear of the arrests but said they haven’t stopped the tagging on his block.

“I had the city out last week cleaning up one, and I got hit again last night, so I’m dealing with that,” said the homeowner. “They like this white wall. I should paint it black, but then they’d probably use white paint.”

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