#1,476 - Seattle Police Arrest Prolific Taggers Who Caused Over $300K in Damage, Prosecutors Say

Seattle police last week arrested two prolific graffiti taggers accused of causing more than $300,000 in damage citywide, according to prosecutors.

Casey Cain, 36, and Jose Betancourth, 37, were charged Monday with first-degree malicious mischief after they were found late Dec. 7 in paint-splattered clothing as they emerged from behind a Capitol Hill apartment building where police located wet graffiti and paint buckets, say the charges.

Cain uses the tagging name "Eager," which he also has tattooed on his body, while Betancourth goes by "Satan," say the charges. Both men are members of "BTM," an acronym for "Big Time Mob" — a large tagging crew that operates in Seattle and Portland, the charges say.

"Graffiti tags are considered a form of artistic expression by the people who place them," a Seattle police detective wrote in the charges. "As such, they are often unique in spelling and style so that other people will easily see that the same person is placing the same tag in multiple areas.

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