Vandal Says: 'I Don't Just Scratch Trains--I Bust Phones Too!'

The scratchiti artist who got busted after a fellow commuter on the N train snapped a cellphone picture of him and sent into police had some harsh words for the informant. "They're lucky I didn't see them taking pictures. I would have busted it," 18-year-old Andrew Morello told the Daily News. While Morello says he has given up working on his Plexiglass canvas, he apparently hasn't stopped talking like a tough guy. He told the News, "It's never going to happen again because I don't want to get in trouble no more." And how does Mom feel about her little vandal? "He's no angel, trust me, but he's our baby," Robin Morello said.

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By Billy Parker in News on November 23, 2008 5:49 PM

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Snoopy

"He's no angel, trust me, but he's our baby," Robin Morello said.

Aren't there some warning signs in this, his virginal mother's voice?

AR

Good thing all he got was his picture taken, not a punch in the face.

Brooklynbobby

Just another cocky Bensonhurst guinea with no purpose in life.

PnonG

who's property? the people's MTA? give me a break

keithk

Gothamist editors are irresponsible to call this guy a scratchitti "artist". He's a criminal. A destroyer of property.

smacky

Nannystate.... hilarious!

TKaisen

that's right, he should have busted that little midwestern losers phone...and head.

I guess we assume the informant was a Midwesterner because they respect other people's property while New Yorkers tend to be self-entitled douches?

Dirk

So Gothamist is calling this guy an "artist"? I guess the term has lost all of it's meaning now, eh?

abcohen

send the little f*#%er to jail... because in some way his actions cause the MTA to raise rates replacing the window shields and what not!

JMH

No matter how many times you say it, he's still not an artist, he's a criminal.

robingee

#25 - he's the bastard son of 1,000 maniacs.

What a nice boy. I bet he grows up to beat the hell out of his wife someday for not having dinner o the table on time.

r1b2

Yes, he's your baby, and I guess he's inherited your values. Defacing public property? No problem, ma.

AvenueHebrew

I'm the kind of liberal pussy who will usually defend graffiti as actual art - in more ornate form, though, not just bullshit one-line scribbles. But scratchiti? Fuck you, fuck you so much.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

@24 too judgmental, this guy didn't beat or steal or rape anyone. He is a youngster who likes to tagged on subway windows. Are you free of any sins? I doubt it

The Edge

#24- Like Freddy Krueger?

Billiamsburg

Give the mom a break. She's obviously mentally handicapped and her offspring is the mutt result of a gang-related rape.

suepart

yeah, what an artist. this is just vandalism. someone should go scratch the windows at his house, or probably his mom's house where this momma's boy lives. meanwhile, he might get a show at the new museum because that's the level of low class no thinking random amateurish and nonsensical shit that they love.

bagelman

for what it's worth, i sort of like scratched subway windows.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

#2 Snoopy, an abortion gone wrong? damn, you are a sick person

Snoopy

While you're at Pearl Paint pick up some model cement and a paper bag. Put the cement in the bag and put your head in same for about an hour. Let us know how it comes out.