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Thursday, 25 June 2015 22:51

Detroit Police Issue Felony Arrest Warrant for Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey’s sanctioned, 18-story mural in downtown Detroit Shepard Fairey’s sanctioned, 18-story mural in downtown Detroit (photo by obeygiant/Instagram)

The street artist Shepard Fairey may get a lot of laughs when he visits Portland, but if he sets foot in Detroit anytime soon things will get very serious. Last week a felony arrest warrant for the globetrotting street artist was filed with the 36th District Court, accusing him of $9,000 in property damage and two counts of malicious destruction of property related to unsanctioned works he created when he visited Detroit in May to create an 18-story mural and open an exhibition of his work at the Library Street Collective. He could face more than $10,000 in fines and up to five years in jail...

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