PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police Bureau (PPB) announced today that they arrested and indicted one of Portland’s most prolific graffiti vandals.
Officials say on Nov. 10, 2021, Jerry A. Mijangos, 27, of California, was arrested and charged with two counts of Criminal Mischief in the First Degree and one count of Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree for tagging several properties.
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After that incident, PPB says Central NRT began investigating addition tags by Mijangos, of which 15 cases were forwarded to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s for prosecution.
On April 8, 2022, Mijangos was caught applying graffiti again and arrested by two Central Precinct officers.
However, at the time Multnomah County’s booking policy did not allow for him to be booked so Mijangos was cited and released to appear in court by the arresting officers.
Later that year in Oct. of 2022, officers referred five more cases to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s for prosecution because of Mijangos’ continued criminal behavior, according to PPB.
This resulted in Mijangos pleading guilty in April 2023 as a part of a plea agreement to which he was sentenced to probation.
In May and June of 2023, NRT investigated Mijangos again due to continued criminal tagging, and nine new cases were forwarded for prosecution.
On January 1, 2024, Mijangos was arrested for a probation violation.
On January 30, 2024, Mijangos was indicted on additional cases and is being held in custody due to his probation status.
Central NRT is aware of hundreds of criminal tags committed by Mijangos over the last two and a half years and believes he is one of the most prolific graffiti vandals in the City of Portland. Central NRT is continuing active investigations on these and other graffiti vandalism cases in the city. Anyone with information on vandals is asked to email tips to investigators at crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov attn: Central NRT.