San Jose Police Arrest Graffiti Vandal

<p>On January 18&comma; 2025&comma; Patrol Officers with the San José Police Department Central Division launched an investigation into a surge of graffiti vandalism that had plagued the downtown area since 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over the course of the investigation&comma; Officers discovered dozens of separate documented vandalism incidents that targeted both commercial&comma; public&comma; and private properties&period; Officers identified the primary suspect believed to be responsible for the vandalism as Alex Garcia&period; The graffiti was consistently tagged with the moniker &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;GOOB&comma;” which became a key element in linking the cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On April 22&comma; 2025&comma; Officers obtained an arrest warrant and a search warrant for the suspect and his residence&period; With assistance from the Special Operations – Street Crimes Unit&comma; he was taken into custody at his residence in the city of San José&period; During the service of the search warrant&comma; Officers located evidence and indicia of vandalism&period; Suspect Garcia was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor charges of vandalism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We take the integrity of our community spaces seriously&comma;” said SJPD Chief of Police Paul Joseph&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This arrest is the result of dedicated&comma; focused police work from our Central Division Patrol Officers&comma; and it delivers a clear message&colon; we will protect our city from those who choose to damage or deface it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Graffiti isn’t just an eyesore&comma; it’s destructive — to small businesses&comma; to community pride and even to public safety&comma;” said San José Mayor Matt Mahan&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m grateful to our Police Department and District Attorney’s Office for taking this seriously and holding these repeat offenders accountable&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Thank you to the San José Police Department and its officers for their diligent and tireless work on this arrest&period; Cleaning Up Our Neighborhoods is one of the City’s Focus Areas&comma; and SJPD&&num;8217&semi;s efforts play a vital role in our ongoing commitment to making our communities safer&comma; stronger&comma; and more vibrant for all residents&comma;” said San José City Manager Jennifer Maguire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Every year&comma; it takes thousands and thousands of dollars of the public’s money to clean up the blight of graffiti scrawled on the public’s property&comma;&&num;8221&semi; stated Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen&period; &&num;8220&semi;This city’s residents and their representatives will decide what art they want to see every day&comma; not a vandal with a can of spray paint&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sjpd&period;org&sol;home&sol;showpublishedimage&sol;5007&sol;638809901996730000" alt&equals;"GOOB" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sjpd&period;org&sol;home&sol;showpublishedimage&sol;5009&sol;638810023210900000" alt&equals;"FINAL-GOOB" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anyone with information about these or similar cases involving the vandalism with the moniker&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;GOOB” is asked to contact Sergeant Porter &num;4001 of the San José Police Department Central Division via email&colon; <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;4001&commat;sanjoseca&period;gov">4001&commat;sanjoseca&period;gov<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;