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"&lt;img alt=\"0402_banksy_splash_landov_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/04/02/0402-banksy-splash-landov-4.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An artist who defaced several works of famed graffiti artist&lt;strong&gt; Banksy&lt;/strong&gt; has been charged with the crime of vandalism -- which is pretty incredible since Banksy's collection is itself an act of vandalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David William Noll&lt;/strong&gt; has been charged with &lt;strong&gt;FELONY&lt;/strong&gt; vandalism.&amp;#160; According to the criminal complaint -- obtained by TMZ -- Noll defaced 2 of Banksy's most famous works -- Girl on Swing and Peeing Dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The L.A. County D.A. filed FOUR separate vandalism charges, because Noll allegedly defaced both works and 5 days later went back and used paint remover on the walls. Max penalty -- 5 years in prison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noll could end up on L.A.'s stupidest criminals list ... because he recorded himself painting over Banksy's art, and then posted it on YouTube.&amp;#160; The LAPD got a search warrant to get his info from YouTube, and then nabbed the 35-year-old at his mom's house in Modesto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0402-bansky-after-vandalism\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/04/02/0402-bansky-after-vandalism-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We asked the D.A. why they didn't also charge Banksy, since he too was a vandal ... and a bragger at that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The D.A. says the only way they will prosecute for vandalism is if the property owner complains -- and Banksy got lucky ... no one complained about his art ... but they definitely weren't into Noll's handiwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the LAPD police report ... the company that owns the Girl On Swing building -- a jeweler called Tarina Tarantino -- believes Banksy's work increased the value of the property by $650,000.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The take away -- if you break the law, you better be real famous."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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