Crime & Safety
Graffiti Removal Employee Arrested for Vandalism
Enrique Medrano is suspected of tagging throughout the city that pays his company to remove vandalism.
A North Hollywood man who works for a graffiti-removal service was arrested for allegedly vandalizing more than 100 locations throughout the city of Burbank, which contracted his employer, the Daily News reports.
Enrique Medrano, 53, was booked on suspicion of burglary, vandalism and forgery and is out on $20,000 bail, according to the publication.
Burbank paid his employer, Graffiti Protective Coatings, more than $100,000 a year for the past six years to remove tagging, the Daily News reports.
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Medrano reportedly billed the city $2,200 to clean the vandalism he allegedly committed.
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