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Attached is the booking photo of Suspect Victoria Jayne Bay.
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A female graffiti suspect caught on camera defacing historical landmarks in Downtown Los Angeles has been identified and arrested.
 
On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers assigned to Hollenbeck Division were patrolling the area of 1^st Street and Soto Avenue in Los Angeles when they detained the suspect for possessing an open container in public.  During the “open container” investigation, the officers immediately recognized the suspect as the female sought in connection for spray-painting and defacing several historical Los Angeles monumental landmarks.
 
LAPD officers subsequently contacted the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), at which point LASD County Services Bureau personnel investigating the case responded and positively identified the suspect as the female caught on camera defacing the landmarks.
 
The suspect, 37 year-old Victoria Jayne Bay, a Caucasian female and transient of Los Angeles, was arrested for Felony Vandalism.  She was transported and booked at Century Regional Detention Facility and is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
 
LASD would like to thank the public and the media for several investigative leads received from viewing and sharing video surveillance of the crime through news broadcasts, social media platforms, and simply just by saying something.
 
The booking photo of Suspect Bay is not available at this time.
 
The investigation is ongoing and there is no additional information available at this time.
 
For media inquiries, please contact LASD County Services Bureau, Lieutenant Bock at (213) 974-8000.
 
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's County Services Bureau, Detective Campbell at (213) 613-3908 and/or via email at [email protected]. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP or “P3 Mobile” for the hearing impaired on Google play or the App Store, or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
 
 
Authored by:
Juanita Navarro-Suarez, Deputy
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor 
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700
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Original press release is as follows:
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Graffiti was spray-painted on multiple walls of several historical Los Angeles County monumental landmarks causing approximately $9,000 in damage.
 
On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at approximately 5:58 p.m., a female was captured on video surveillance defacing multiple walls of the Hall of Justice, Hall of Records and Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.  The short blue haired, female suspect used blue spray paint to deface the landmarks.  She is thin built, wore a red and black plaid, long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and carried a burgundy tote-style bag.  She is believed to be between 30 and 40 years of age.
 
The historical landmarks located in Los Angeles at 211 West Temple Street (Hall of Justice), 320 West Temple Street (Hall of Records), 210 West Temple Street (Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center) and 301 West Temple Street (County of Los Angeles Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant) were defaced and cleanup efforts are currently underway.
 
If you recognize this suspect or have any information about the incident, you are encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's County Services Bureau, Detective Campbell at (213) 613-3908 and/or via email at [email protected].  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP or “P3 Mobile” for the hearing impaired on Google play or the App Store, or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
 
 
Authored by:
Juanita Navarro-Suarez, Deputy
Sheriff’s Information Bureau – Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Hall of Justice - First floor 
211 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-229-1700