North Carolina cops offering cash and console to stop vandalism
By Darren Murph 
posted Apr 11th 2007 6:31AM
posted Apr 11th 2007 6:31AM
We've heard of the Federales handing out aging Xbox consoles in return for random pieces of weaponry, but a modern day case of Jet Grind Radio has Garner, North Carolina officials miffed. In a peculiar bout with vandals who are littering the town with "Ghost" graffiti tags, the local police are actually offering up some handsome rewards to informants that lead the boys in blue to any rightful arrests. Of course, the $1,000 cash prize looks tempting enough, but if the "miscreant is a juvenile," police are offering $500 or their choice of a Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 (the 20GB flavor, we presume), or Nintendo Wii on top of the cool thousand just for participating. Here's to hoping the bandits are kids, eh?[Via NintendoWiiFanboy]
And you sound like graffiti is for kids!
@ #2:
You don't see to many 60 year olds running around downtown with spray paint, now do ya?
"Stop the pee, win a Wii" is a program to stop urination in the stairwells of a residence hall at Western Illinois University.
Some of these Graffiti artists are super talented and I think having them get paid to paint murals is a better way to go. I think that's a lot more constructive and some of the murals are very cool looking. They can still sign the bottom with Ghost and perhaps turn the whole thing into a competition.
This is a great plan to help get kids in the "system". I wouldn't be surprised if the Garner Police Department gets a federal kick back for this too.
Check out this and other plans at www.infowars.com
I like how someone remembers Jet Grind Radio. I loved that game.
Wait a minute, how can it be legal for the police to offer a larger bounty depending on the age of the accused?
...ah! The original story says, "Assuming the miscreant is a juvenile, police are offering $500 or one of the following: a Microsoft X-Box 360, Sony PlayStation 3, or Nintendo Wii.". I think that means the police are assuming that the miscreant is a juvenile, and so more likely to be caught by a juvenile. They're not offering the bounty only if the accused is a juvenile.
say no to snitching
If I was "ghost" and one of my friends suddenly got a playstation 3 at the same time as my arrest I think I would be a little suspicious. Getting extravagant gifts is kind of a dead giveaway.
Anyways, those overlapping bubble letters were only cool in school. So either this guy is a juvenile or an adult with no creativity (assuming thats actually one of his "paintings" and not just a random stock image).