Poster Boy Out On Bail, For Now

After spending a few days at Rikers Island, Poster Boy (Henry Matyjewicz)'s lawyer, Kerry Gotlib, won an appeal that got him released on bail and is now looking to reinstate the original no-jail plea deal for his client. Bushwick BK is reporting that the Department of Corrections has a court date scheduled in September, and that Matyjewicz might be looking at some tough times if sentenced back to Rikers.

A former prisoner there told the website that, "Gangs run the place and they will definitely fuck with him because he is white," adding that since he has somewhat of a celebrity status they might assume he has money and try to extort him. Meanwhile, the others in the Poster Boy collective (if it is a collective) are allowing Matyjewicz to take the fall as they continue the important art of mashing up subway ads and selling books at Urban Outfitters.

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By Jen Carlson in News on June 4, 2010 4:05 PM

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garbnzgh

so tired of posts about street art...

Kitty Graves

comment moderation ftl

Mordicai

Did someone explain to him what "bail" means? I'd hate for him to get confused about "the law (lame)" again.

brooklynmouthoff

This is not art. This is vandalism. If Poster Boy wants to be considered an artist, let's see him CREATE something. Destroying things doesn't make him important. It makes him a punk and a vandal.

If I ripped the bumper off his car and permanently glued a poster over the windshield, would Poster Boy be impressed by my artistic ambition?

inoyourider

Oh, thank God!

I was sooooooooooooooooooooo worried.

inoyourider

I've done some work at Rikers and can verify it is not a good place to be.

Race isn't as important as gang affiliation, although whites are certainly a minority.

The two predominant smells are industrial-strength disinfectant and B.O.

I think every high school should do a field trip there, to show them what the consequences of behaving like trash are when you're an adult.