By Sarina Trangle
Two men were arrested and charged with making graffiti shortly after memorial services in Ridgewood for famed Queens graffiti artist Jason Wulf Monday, the NYPD and commemorative blogs said.
Friends and fans flocked to blogs, such as the art-focused Animal website, to remember Wulf after the New York Post reported he was found dead beside the third rail of subway tracks in Brooklyn July 2.
Wulf, a Ridgewood resident known in the graffiti world by his tag DG, is credited with founding the New Wave Crew, painting subway trains amid strict clean car crackdowns and embracing an old-school attitude of not seeking mainstream recognition, according to Animal.
Friends organized an online fund-raiser through Give Forward and collected $10,000 for Wulf’s July 7 funeral at Seneca Chapels.
Shortly after the ceremony concluded, according to Give Forward, the Police Department said it received reports of two men making graffiti near the funeral home at Seneca and Greene avenues in Ridgewood.
Police said they cuffed the duo in the Metropolitan Avenue subway station after officers said they found them with black markers and stickers.
Jonathan Bornemann, 19, and Brian Alequin, 47, were charged with making graffiti and possession of a graffiti instrument, police said.
Reach reporter Sarina Trangle at 718-260-4546 or by e-mail at strangle@cnglocal.com.
