Graffiti Travel Man Arrested after Allegedly Posting Hijinks to YouTube
5/28/2008 at 1:15 PM
Cyrus Yazdani is a 24-year-old convention planner in Las Vegas. But
the police say he's also a prolific Los Angeles
graffiti artist who goes by
the street name "Buket."
Yazdani caught the attention from the 5-0 after appearing on YouTube
pulling off daring graffiti stunts like tagging a bridge while hanging
precariously over the Hollywood freeway. After watching the clips, a city
investigator became weirdly obsessed with bringing Buket down.
Sheriff's Deputy Devin Vanderlaan says he became interested in Buket after
seeing him spray paint a city bus in an internet video (very
NSFW rap soundtrack included). He told the LA Times that he began
tracking Yazdani because:
If he's brave enough to tag on an MTA bus in the middle of the day, I've
gotta find out who this guy is.
After following him "for months," the deputy determined that Buket was "one
of the most prolific taggers we've seen" and was responsible for graffiti
throughout California and Nevada. Yazdani, who faces multiple charges of
felony vandalism, was arrested when he showed up to meet with his probation
officer about--yep--another graffiti charge.