The sheriff’s department announced Thursday the arrest of man who allegedly admitted tagging the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Venice prior to Memorial Day.
Angel Castro, 24, was arrested Wednesday afternoon without incident in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles, said Ramon Montenegro of the sheriff’s Transit Policing Division.
“Suspect Castro admitted to his role in the vandalism of the Veterans Memorial Wall,” Montenegro said.
He was booked at the Century Sheriff’s Station on suspicion of felony vandalism, then moved to the Inmate Reception Center, where he’s being held in lieu of $95,000 bail pending arraignment Friday, according to sheriff’s inmate records.
The exact date that the memorial wall at Pacific Avenue and Sunset Court was defaced is unclear, but it is believed the vandalism occurred the week before Memorial Day, which was May 30, Montenegro said. He said Castro told detectives he didn’t remember the exact date the wall of the vacant bus garage was tagged.
Castro allegedly uses the moniker LITER (pronounced LIGHT-er), which was one of the four monikers found at the scene, Montenegro said.
The sheriff’s department asked anyone with information about the three others — NONER, PHEB and SNAKE — to call Transit Policing Division detectives at (888) 950-SAFE (7233).
—Staff and wire reports