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Vandal Says: 'I Don't Just Scratch Trains--I Bust Phones Too!'
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Billy Parker
Published Nov 23, 2008
Modified Nov 23, 2008
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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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