April 29, 2008 

   You may have noticed, everything from stop signs to fences even churches have been targets.

   In recent weeks, local prosecutors have come down hard on graffiti vandals, but they say some repeat offenders are still not getting the message

   Today Jonathan Sanchez was back in court sporting a jail uniform, busted after police raided his apartment and allegedly found graffiti paraphernalia and illegal drugs: 9-grams of cocaine and quite a bit of marijuana.

   Today's court appearance was to deal with a prosecution motion to revoke his probation for his last conviction on graffiti tagging. But the judge granted a delay to allow Sanchez' attorney time to review the evidence.

   Prosecutor Doug Mann says this time around he's hoping Sanchez will serve more time in prison if convicted. Mann says, "the defendant was originally assessed a punishment at state jail but was brought back on a process known as shock probation. At the time Judge Watts expressed her feeling that because he had obtained his G.E.D. in such short amount of time because he was at state jail, that he had turned his life around and by all indications that doesn't appear to be correct."

   Police say sometimes its like a revolving door.  Taggers are arrested, prosecuted and put on probation only to continue with their deeds.

   Even our Fiesta Square studios, home to the Domingo Live show, were targeted by taggers. Jonathan Sanchez's original conviction was for tagging downtown area businesses that cause close to $20,000 in damage.

   He's set to make another court appearance on May 16Th.