Saguaro National Park fires volunteer over graffiti report

A Saguaro National Park East volunteer was fired from his job as a mounted trail patrol for contacting the news media about vandals painting graffiti on saguaros and boulders along one of the park's scenic trails earlier this week.

Graffiti becoming more common amid natural beauty around city

"Simon says leave him" is written in bright red paint across the face of a boulder near the trailhead of Pima Canyon, just north of Tucson. It's not the only instance of defacement of nature, and attempts to remove the graffiti are difficult.

Graffiti becoming more common in Tucson's backcountry

A springtime walk on the Pima Canyon Trail can be a bonanza of beauty - and also a bit of a bummer.

Anti-graffiti event Saturday will help you to fight back

Regina Romero

Anti-graffiti event Saturday will help you to fight back

Do neighborhood vandals constantly blight your fence or garage with graffiti?

Graffiti-abatement workers paint over iconic Nogales mural

This 16-year-old mural by Alberto Morackis, a locally famous muralist, was painted over by zealous graffiti-abatement workers in Nogales, Sonora.

Graffiti-abatement workers paint over iconic Nogales mural

The graffiti-abatement staff in Nogales, Sonora, works fast - apparently a little too fast.

Downtown tagger placed on probation

A 20-year-old Tucson man caught tagging a bunch of downtown buildings has been placed on one year of probation. His co-defendant has disappeared and has a warrant out for her arrest.

Police trying new tactics as graffiti soars citywide

Ricardo Aguilar, a technician with Graffiti Protective Coatings, works to clear tags off a wall near West Sonora Street. The number of graffiti incidents reported in Tucson jumped from 8,000 to 75,000 in the last three years.

Police trying new tactics as graffiti soars citywide

The number of graffiti incidents has surged in Tucson in the last three years, forcing police to revamp the way they investigate the vandalism cases. The Tucson Police Department will continue to use an anti-graffiti program that began last year, but it has increased the number of officers a…

Graffiti cases in Tucson increase

The number of graffiti incidents has surged in Tucson in the last three years, forcing police to revamp the way it investigates the vandalism cases.

Tucson police: 2 teens caught spraying graffiti downtown

Two teens were arrested early Tuesday after they were suspected of spraying graffiti in the downtown area, police said.

Tucson police: Teen responsible for more than 100 acts of graffiti

A 19-year-old man was arrested Thursday after police connected him to more than 100 acts of graffiti vandalism that occurred across the city.

TPD unit to combat 'epidemic' of graffiti

The Tucson Police Department is joining with the Pima County Attorney's Office and private businesses to rid the walls throughout Tucson of graffiti.

Community notes

Town hall on safety, neighborhood watch

Police Reports

1 Larceny was reported at 3:57 p.m. Oct. 1 in the 4400 block of North Ocotillo Canyon Drive. A resident told deputies someone took a potted plant from her front yard. She said a neighbor saw a young man get out of a Toyota Corolla, pick up the plant and run back to the car. She gave deputies…

Prop. 200 is fiscally irresponsible

Firefighters and police officers, the brave women and men of the Tucson Police Officer's Association and the Tucson Firefighters Local 479, endorsed my campaign for public office because I have always prioritized public safety.

Prop. 200 is fiscally irresponsible

Prop. 200 will ensure city keeps its promises

The increasing volume of 911 calls to the Tucson Police Department, combined with budget cuts, has meant that valuable community policing efforts and programs have been abandoned because the department does not have the manpower to do both.