Tagger Behind Bars

A Los Angeles tagger, made famous by a video of his vandalism on YouTube, was sentenced Thursday to 3-years and 8-months in prison.

The district attorney's office said 26-year-old Cyrus Yazdani, who goes by the name "Buket," was on probation after pleading guilty to 32-felony vandalism counts in December.

Yazdani was arrested in May after an online video surfaced of him boldly scrawling his moniker on a bridge above the Hollywood Freeway.

He pleaded no contest to 1-count of felony vandalism in July and agreed to pay $117,196 in restitution.

Prosecutors say he only paid $400 and recently caused more than $14,000 in damage to bridges over the Los Angeles River near downtown early this year.
 

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