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THE GIRL SAYS THE MAN TRIED
TO DRAG HER BUT SHE WAS ABLE
TO GET AWAY.
TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE
GRAND PLAZA TONIGHT.
DAY TWO OF ARTPRIZE IS
UNDERWAY NOW.
ALREADY MORE THAN 20,000
VOTES HAVE BEEN CASTS.
SOME OF THOSE VOTES ARE
LIKELY FOR THIS GRAFFITI
SKETCH OF PRESIDENT GERALD
FORD ON THE SIDE OF THE BOB.
WE FIRST SHOWED IT TO YOU
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
IT IS BY UNKNOWN GRAFFITI
ARTIST.
THE ASSUMPTION IS, ITS THE
SAME INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE
FOR SIMILAR GRA *** TY THAT
POPPED UP AROUND THE CITY
GRAFFITI.
TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING IF
HE DOES WELL, HE COULD HAVE
TO PAY UP FOR THE CRIMES.
"24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" DANI
CARLSON IS LIVE IN GRAND
RAPIDS TONIGHT WITH MER ON
THIS.
DANI?
Reporter: THAT ARTIST IS
CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THOSE EARLIER GRAFFITI
PIECES.
WHEN WE TOLD YOU AT 5:00, THE
ARTIST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
GRAFFITI, THE GRAFFITI
SPRAYED ACROSS THE BOB.
HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY
ANOM PHOUS HE WINS ANY THICK.
IF THE NAME DOES BECOME
PUBLIC.
WE FOUND OUT ONE GROUP SAYS
HE OWES THEM SOME CASH.
ADMITTING TO THE EARLIER
VANDALISM IN A PRECORDED
HELLO.
ARTIST.
THE TITLE OF MY WORK IS
VANDALISM.
THIS IS REFERENCED TO THE
DEBATES OF PREVIOUS
INCLINATIONS.
THE UNKNOWN GRAFFITI
ARTIST FORM ARELY KNOWNS A
SKBFF READILY ADMITS HE HAS
NO TRAINING IN CREATING OR
APPRECIATING ART AND USED THE
PREVIOUS GRAFFITI AS THE
PORTFOLIO ON THE ARTEST WEB
PAGE.
AS LONG AS HE DIDN'T ON THIS
PIECE AND HAS NOT BROKEN ANY
FAIR GAME.
YES.
AS FAR AS THE RULES, THE
RULES ARE NOT APPLIED TOIST'S
ENTIRE LIFE.
THE RULES OF WHAT ARE
ENTERING INTO ARTPRIZE.
IT IS A NONISSUE.
IF HE WENTS IN ORDER TO TAKE
HOME THE BIG CHECK.
THE MYSTERY OF THE ANONYMOUS
ARTISTS WILL HAVE TO BE
SOLVED.
THE IRS DOESN'T ACCEPT
UNKNOWN FOR THEIR ENTRIES.
IEW NEED TO DO THAT
PAPERWORK.
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION FOR
THAT.
AND MDOT WHO FOOTED THE
BILL TO PAINT OVER THE
GRAFFITI HAS AN IDEA OF WHERE
THE PRIZE MONEY COULD GO.
OFTENTIMES WHEN WE CATCH
THE VANDAL BE THE ACT.
WE HAVE SUPERVISION THE
POLICE AS THEY CLEAN UP THE
GRAFFITI.
SO THIS IN THE CASE.
IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
MONEY.
SO WE ARE ROOTING FOR THEM.
PAYING THEM BACK FOR THE
CLEANUP AND THE AD CAMPAIGN
LEGGED UP TO THE COMPETITION.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
PUBLICITY HE GOT IN THE PRESS
WHEN HE FACED THE
NOBODY THE BOB WOULD TALK TO
US TODAY.
WE DID CONTACT.
THEY FORWARDED US TO THE
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION AND WE
TALKED TO THE GRAND RAPIDS
POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY SAID
THEY WOULD LIKELY NOT DO
ANYTHING UNLESS A NU
COMPLAINT IS FILED AND AS FAR
AS ARTPRIZE KNOW.
THE ARTIST DID HAVE
PERMISSION TO PAINT ON THE