Police across the country have increasingly high tech ways to catch graffiti artists. But some taggers in California say they’re tired of being associated with gangs and crime.

Graffiti even links Paterson, where actor Ralph Rodriguez is from, and Miami, the setting of his new film "Vandal," about rival gangs of graffiti artists. The film had its world premiere in Miami ...

Fearing that the graffiti could lead to violence and glorify the gang on national television, ... The scene also would counter community groups working to keep kids out of gangs, ...

Deputy Eddie Barnot of the Harris County Sheriff's Office has a trained eye that can identify whether graffiti in the Katy area is the work of local gangs or mischievous teenagers.

LAFAYETTE - Don't just cover up that graffiti. "Report it. Report it. It helps us," said Lafayette police Officer Michael Zambon, who works on the department's street crime unit with a focus on gangs.

The first clue might be right in front of us. The author of a book on the subculture of graffiti in Los Angeles — who studies gangs, graffiti and neighborhood changes — says the style of the ...

From Bay Ridge to East New York to Bensonhurst, ominous gang graffiti is prevalent around the borough. An aide to Brooklyn's district attorney says gangs are using it to make a statement.

LOS ANGELES — One man was stabbed. Another was shot in the chest. A 6-year-old boy was temporarily blinded when he was spray-painted in the face. And they were the lucky ones among those who ...

Graffiti is on the rise in the District, especially gang-related scrawls. D.C. officials said it's due to funding cuts. Gangs in D.C. are making their presence known on storefronts, alleyways ...