'HOPE' Poster Artist Arrested in LA for Detroit Graffiti

Detroit is apparently a lot tougher on graffiti than Shepard Fairey bargained for: The street artist was arrested at LAX this week on his return from Europe and spent the night in jail after authorities discovered he was wanted in Detroit for posting unauthorized stickers, reports the Detroit News. Fairey, who is best known for creating the Obama "HOPE" poster, was freed after city authorities decided the case was too low-level to seek his extradition from California, the News reports, though a police spokesman tells the Detroit Free Press that they're working with his lawyer to get him to turn himself in on charges of malicious destruction of property. (More Shepard Fairey stories.)