LASTEST ON GRAFFITI ARRESTS: King Co. Prosecuting Attorney's Office says Casey Cain and Jose G. Betancourth have criminal histories. Sources also say Bethancourth used "SATAN/SATN" tag. Some were next to EAGR/EAGER. Massive win for @MayorofSeattle and @SeattlePD #Seattle
WASHINGTON'S MOST WANTED LIST: Authorities say Betancourth, aka SATAN, also has ties to Yakima, WA.
The accused prolific tagger was also wanted on a $750K warrant for some serious stuff. #Seattle

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SHOWCASING WORK: Betancourth is very open about hyping his work on social media. Chinatown-ID and downtown #Seattle seemed to be his favorite canvas. @MayorofSeattle ImageImageImageImage
EARLY MORNING BUST:
On Thursday, 36 year old Cain and 37 year Betancourth were arrested after allegedly tagging building at 1208 Pine St in #Seattle. Both are associated with 3A/BTM crew. ImageImage
SUSPECT #1: Police say 36 year old Casey Cain admitted to tagging the wall of building today with “EAGER.” Report shows he also has a tattoo on him that says “EAGER.” Arrested for felony malicious mischief. Judge set $10K bail. #Seattle ImageImage
SUSPECT #2: Police say 37 year old Jose G. Betancourth was arrested at scene and facing felony malicious mischief charge. Judge set bail at $10k. He also has a $750k felony arrest warrant for another incident. He claims to be a mural painter. #Seattle ImageImage
STATEMENT FROM KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: They asked for $200K bail for both men. But judge reduced to $10K. Remain behind bars for now. Expected to be back in court Dec. 12. #Seattle ImageImage
PROLIFIC TAGGER: As I left court Thursday, I passed through Jackson St. in #Seattle's Chinatown-ID. EAGR/EAGER's and SATAN/SATN handiwork is everywhere.
SO BRAZEN: Earlier this summer, look what happened to @SeattlePD mobile precinct in downtown #Seattle. That tag is everywhere.

THEY LOVE CID: The tagger duo hit up Chinatown-ID/Little Saigon on the regular. Nearby Central District as well. #Seattle @MayorofSeattle

This was back in May when I saw this. 👇🏽
CONSTANTLY CLEANING: @MayorofSeattle and city teams have been consistently going out and painting over tags. But keeping up with these prolific vandals remains a challenge. #seattle
DECLARING WAR ON GRAFFITI: In October,
@MayorofSeattle doubled down on WAR ON GRAFFITI. Then a massive mural along I-5 on @wsdot property went up mocking the Mayor. Unclear who's behind it. But recently, others tagged over it.#seattlesnow
KEEPING HIS WORD: Back in April, @MayorofSeattle held press conference, asking for state help as well and vowing to make a difference. EAGR/EAGER'S arrest THURSDAY, huge first step sending message GRAFFITI vandalism will no longer be tolerated. #seattle
REMEMBER THIS? I confronted these graffiti vandals back in April at Cal Anderson Park. Then one of them came after me. #Seattle

DISRESPECTING OTHER ARTISTS: Recently, volunteers were trying to help rejuvenate parts of Chinatown-ID, by repainting old columns under highway. Then the EAGR/EAGER tags showed up. #seattle

ANOTHER THROWBACK: This past summer, I also caught this dude in the act tagging a wall in Little Saigon. #Seattle

NASTY GRAFFITI CULTURE: A lot of the messaging promotes violence and threats. Cal Anderson Park remains a hot spot. But I have never seen EAGR/EAGER or SATAN/SATN tags in this area. They're heavily in CID, Downtown, and Central District. #Seattle

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