Graffiti Artist ‘Chaka’ Ruled a Danger to Himself
An 18-year-old graffiti artist accused of spray-painting the moniker “Chaka” on property stretching from Los Angeles to San Francisco was ruled to be a danger to himself Thursday by a Los Angeles Municipal Court commissioner.
Acting on the recommendations of doctors at Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, where the teen-ager is being housed, Commissioner Barry Kohn ruled Daniel Ramos to be “gravely disabled and a danger to himself” said Ted Goldstein, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.
Ramos did not attend the hearing. His attorney, Deputy Public Defender Yvonne Velazquez would not comment on the case or the condition of her client. Goldstein did not know the reasons for the doctor’s recommendations, but said an updated medical progress report will be reviewed at a hearing on Wednesday.
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