‘Chaka’ Pleads Innocent to Courthouse Vandalism
The most notorious graffiti vandal in Los Angeles pleaded innocent Tuesday to an allegation that he left his “Chaka” tag on a courthouse elevator, an act that could cost him two years in jail if proved.
Daniel Bernardo Ramos, 18, also denied a claim that he had trespassed onto the Griffith Park golf course with his girlfriend, and that they were in possession of a marking pen and less than an ounce of marijuana at the time.
Los Angeles Municipal Court Commissioner Robert Sandoval, who placed Ramos on three years probation last week in exchange for a no-contest plea to 10 misdemeanor vandalism counts, set his bail at $30,000 pending a June 11 probation-violation hearing. Ramos was arrested Monday at his home in the Pico-Aliso Village housing project, after the city attorney’s office filed the probation violation in response to the young man’s latest run-ins with the law.
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