Detroit judge dismisses case against alleged Beavis graffiti artist

An accused Detroit-area graffiti artist has beat the charges against him.  A judge on Thursday dismissed six felony counts of malicious destruction of property against Bryan Herrin of Hazel Park, who Wayne County prosecutors alleged was responsible for spraying faces of the character from “Beavis and Butt-Head” throughout Detroit. The charge is punishable by up to four years in prison.  Judge Ronald Giles, of 36th District Court, cited insufficient evidence at the preliminary exam for the case to proceed. The Beavis graffiti appeared throughout the city for years – on construction materials, dumpsters, and freeway underpasses. Herrin was arrested in early June, two months after an unnamed man Metro Times reported to be behind the drawings told the alternative weekly that he sprayed about 20 faces per night, having been inspired by watching the Mike Judge show as a child and relating to the characters’ inability to attract women. “I mean, really, like, the whole series was just them trying to score, and that never happening,” the man who Metro Times reported writes under the moniker BVIS said. “And it’s like, I can relate to that real-life frustration.” Court records show Herrin is in his late thirties. He was arrested...