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Bethesda Terrace Vandals Strike Shitty Plea Deal
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 12, 2010
Modified Jan 12, 2010
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Last February Bethesda Terrace was vandalized! The taggers were promptly arrested for spray-painting on the murals and pillars — damages that would cost around $40,000 to repair. Now the NY Post reports the graf-happy trio struck a plea deal yesterday. They won't be going to jail, but rather they'll perform 200 hours of community service cleaning Central Park's horse stables. The lawyer for one of the teens, Victoria Beniaminova, told the paper: "The Central Park Conservancy insisted that their community service be shoveling shit in the stables. It beats going to prison."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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