Man charged with felony in Obama mural defacing

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Houston Chronicle

A suspect has been charged in a recent defacing of a mural of President Barack Obama near a popular midtown restaurant.

Michael Dale Kroetsch, 58, was charged Friday with felony criminal mischief in the 339th State District Court. He was not in custody late Friday afternoon, Houston Police Department spokesman John Cannon said.

The charge against Kroetsch stems from an incident in the early hours of Jan. 28, in which someone defaced the larger-than-life mural with paint. Surveillance video of that incident helped lead police to file charges against Kroetsch, Cannon said.

It was the second act of vandalism against the mural, which is on a building at Alabama and Travis, across the street from The Breakfast Klub.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-charged-with-felony-in-Obama-mural-defacing-4301303.php

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[Cooley Hurd]

1. Glad they caught him...

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Here's the felon and his work.

[judesedit]

3. Thank you. I hadn't seen the actual damage. It will be redone to his horror. I hope he has to help

[MrSlayer]

5. He looks like a hate filled cretin.

He has a stereotypical look to him.

[NBachers]

23. He's got the Bush in him, this one

I can see Dubya looking like this if he hadn't had a life of privilege and ass-saving.

[Ian David]

21. "Derr... FREEDOM!" n/t

[The Wizard]

24. drunk (nt)

[John2]

27. He has the same expression

Boner has. He looks like a very angry man.

[judesedit]

4. I feel sorry for his mother. He must have been a real pleasure to raise.

[muntrv]

6. Put this jerk in general population!

[stlsaxman]

7. "What are you in for...?"

[slackmaster]

8. "Vandalism..."

"...and creating a nuisance."

[Ian David]

19. "Vandalism... creating a nuisance... and uh... uhm... I killed a dude for asking questions." n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

10. LOL!

He'd be better off telling fellow inmates he up for raping his sister.

[freshwest]

22. Probably *return* him to general population, more like it.

[slackmaster]

9. Does anyone NOT support the actions of the restaurant owner in apprehending the crook?

Just checking...

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/50895550#50895550

[JohnnyRingo]

11. "Anyone knowing the whereabouts...."

According to the article, the asshole's still at large. I'm guessing he'll turn up in a drunk driving arrest soon, he can't hide for long.

[Tx4obama]

12. Maybe they could cover the mural in plexi-glass so it would be easier to fix each time. n/t

[Politicalboi]

26. He needs

Ever dry. He'll probably never be able to paint over it though.

[orleans]

30. wow--that's pretty cool--i watched the video (with the sound off) and it looks amazing. n/t

[Gman]

13. They'll argue it's protected free speech

to deface the mural of Obama.

No, I don't see how they could win that. But that's the way they think.

[slackmaster]

14. Public opinion will be based on the contents of the guy's Manifesto

For sure.

[VanillaRhapsody]

15. His will be in crayon with lots of misspellings

[msanthrope]

16. I bet he had "jus' a coupla beers ossifer...." nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

17. A felony? Really?

I thought Texas was finally taking sensible measures to reduce its prison population.

[Ian David]

20. He's lucky nobody shot him under the Castle Doctrine. n/t

[Live and Learn]

28. I agree. Horrible act, but a Felony?

Ridiculous. Way to many laws are felonies these days.

[Ian David]

18. If only they could catch the people who vandalized my car two times for my Liberal stickers.

I'd love for them to be his cell mates.

[harmonicon]

25. That's a felony? Sweet fucking Christ.

I'm pretty into art, and I think it's really really important, but if trowing some paint a mural three times sends someone to jail for life, we're fucked.

[Live and Learn]

29. Exactly. Being a felon will

simply be mainstream the way things are going.