Man rearrested for string of graffiti

Police rearrested an alleged tagger this week on felony charges after a judge allowed him to leave jail on misdemeanor counts of malicious mischief.

Zakk M. Holder, 21, was ordered held in Spokane County Jail on $5,000 bail after appearing before Superior Court Judge Michael Price Thursday on second-degree burglary and malicious mischief charges.

His public defender, Steven Reich, said the charges are for the same graffiti allegations for which Holder was arrested Monday. He was booked into jail again early Thursday on upgraded charges.

“I think the police were upset that he was released,” Reich said.

Police say Holder prides himself on tagging “Megazord” on downtown buildings and is suspected in a string of graffiti tags. Downtown employees reportedly have spotted Holder tagging the Cathedral Plaza. He then allegedly damaged a soap dispenser in a bathroom at Riverfront Park, where he’d been banned from going for a year, prompting the new burglary charge, police said.

He’s also suspected of tagging a Spokesman-Review building at 1023 W. Riverside Ave.

Police ask anyone who thinks they’ve been victimized to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.