After a total of 11 Charges were dropped..
The prosecution and defense settle on a plea to keep Shepard Fairey's feet on free land.
In the plea deal, Fairey had to admit to the 2000 incident and two others this past January including placing a sticker on the back of a traffic sign and slapping a poster to a private condominium building. Fairey subsequently pleaded guilty to the three misdemeanors (one charge of defacing property and two charges of wanton destruction of property under $250 in Boston Municipal Court) as part of a plea deal. Fairey received two years of probation and pay fines $2,000 for graffiti removal
Fairey arrest in Boston came three days after a solo exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art when Fairey failed to appear in court on a charge of placing a poster on a Boston electrical box in September 2000.
Most people know the 39-year-old Los Angeles street artist for his stenciled image of an Associated Press photo of Barack O'Bama but Fairey is also a prominient street artist, alum of Rhode Island School of Design, and founder of OBEY.
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