PORTLAND, OR – The Portland Police Bureau says progress is being made in the case of prolific tagger following a raid on a southeast Portland home this week. Officers assigned to the Central Precinct Neighborhood Response Team served a search warrant at a home in the Sunnyside Neighborhood. They say they were searching for evidence related to a man who identifies himself as MONK6.
PPB considers MONK6 a prominent graffiti vandal in the City of Portland who does large tags in highly visible locations, often in elevated spots requiring technical climbing skills or specialized equipment. In 2024, MONK6 was featured in a YouTube documentary titled CHAOSTOWN: Portland is losing the ‘graffiti war’. Investigators say they have identified MONK6, but his name is not being released at this time and no arrest has been announced…