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  • 24 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
<br />
As reported in The Sun, London.<br />
<br />
Banksy ‘thieves’ busted cutting original grafitti art work from shop wall<br />
<br />
By JACK LOSH<br />
Last Updated: 24th February 2014<br />
<br />
A BOGUS construction crew were chased off after they were busted cutting an original Banksy from a wall.<br />
One of the gang, who called himself Chris, was caught holding a power drill half-way through extracting the work by the British street artist.<br />
<br />
Hidden by a temporary wall of plywood, he told snapper Charlie Varley that the 2008 artwork – dubbed “Umbrella Girl” – would be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy’s career.<br />
He added that it would be re-installed at its current location on the side of an abandoned store in New Orleans, US, once the exhibition had finished.<br />
<br />
But when local residents quizzed the men and ordered them to show a permit for the operation, they packed up their equipment and scarpered.<br />
A security guard was installed at the scene on Friday to make sure the suspected thieves did not return.<br />
Clay Lapeyrouse, who lives nearby, said: “They were cutting it out of the building. The story they gave me just seemed weird."<br />
<br />
Police are now hunting the suspects, aged between 25 and 35, following the incident.<br />
Banksy’s work fetches huge sums at auction, with his Kissing Coppers mural going under the hammer for £345,000 in the US last week.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb14-Banksy cuts001.JPG
  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. Kewit contractors of the Gilbert Southern Group working for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $41.5 million Orleans Canal Interim Closure structure. The structure, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. A worker talks on his cell phone amidst the structure. The pumping capacity has yet to match that of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected once again.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. Kewit contractors of the Gilbert Southern Group working for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $41.5 million Orleans Canal Interim Closure structure. The structure, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. Workers tighten massive bolts holding the discharge pipes together. The pumping capacity has yet to match that of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected once again.
    276-01june06-276.JPG
  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contractors for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $50 million 17th Street Canal Interim Closure structure. The dam, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. Between 30 and 50 workers per 12 hour shift work around the clock, seven days a week to complete the dam. They continue to drive pilings into the water and have the center section left to complete. The barrier has yet to be automated with hydraulic lifts. For now the Army Corps must use cranes to manually close the structure. The pumping capacity is currently only 10% of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected.
    274-01june06-274.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Scene of the crime. The building where thieves attempted to chop a Banksy original painting from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security008.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security004.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security012.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security011.JPG
  • 21 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A Banksy original street graffiti artwork known as 'Rain Girl' is chopped from a wall. A considerably irrational and unpleasant 'private art handler' from Los Angeles, giving his name only as Chris has prepared the wall for removal from an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec streets. Chris claims the artwork is to be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy's work in April. Chris also claims the artwork will be re-installed at its current location once the exhibition is finished - a claim local residents seriously doubt.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21feb14-Banksy004.JPG
  • 21 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A considerably irrational and unpleasant 'private art handler' from Los Angeles, giving his name only as Chris chops an original Banksy known as 'Rain Girl' from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec streets. Chris claims the artwork is to be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy's work in April. Chris also claims the artwork will be re-installed at its current location once the exhibition is finished - a claim local residents seriously doubt.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21feb14-Banksy001.JPG
  • 22 April 2011. London, England..The Ferrari store on London's Regent Street in the heart of London's West End. One of the 2005 Formula One cars sits in the middle of the floor attracting tourists..Photo; Charlie Varley.
    22apr11-london045.JPG
  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. Wishful thinking on cleared ground beside the massive, 4,000 ft long, $34 million  flood wall, rebuilt by Cajun Contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers is almost complete and stands, in theory, ready to protect the devastated Lower 9th Ward from the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. Photographed is the area where a huge barge smashed through the original flood wall, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. An armed security guard stands watch over Army Corps engineers and contractors who have been threatened as they rebuild the 4,000 ft long, $34 million  flood wall, rebuilt by Cajun Contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers is almost complete and stands, in theory, ready to protect the devastated Lower 9th Ward from the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. Photographed is the area where a huge barge smashed through the original flood wall, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died.
    282-01june06-282.JPG
  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contractors for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $50 million 17th Street Canal Interim Closure structure. The dam, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. Between 30 and 50 workers per 12 hour shift work around the clock, seven days a week to complete the dam. They continue to drive pilings into the water and have the center section left to complete. The barrier has yet to be automated with hydraulic lifts. For now the Army Corps must use cranes to manually close the structure. The pumping capacity is currently only 10% of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected.
    275-01june06-275.JPG
  • 06 March 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
<br />
Christopher Sensabaugh of Los Angeles "was identified as the person who attempted to steal a Banksy work from 1034 N. Rampart, by drilling the mural out of the wall," according to an email from NOPD. <br />
<br />
"Sensabaugh is currently wanted for attempted theft and criminal damage to property," according to the NOPD, which stated that the graffiti was worth " $200,000 to $1.1 million dollars."<br />
<br />
Photo; Courtesy New Orleans Police Department.<br />
Charlie Varley/varleypix.com<br />
<br />
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/03/alleged_banksy_art_bandit_in_p.html
    06mar14-Banksy suspect ID.JPG
  • 25 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
My image makes front page Times Picayune street edition........<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    25feb14-Banksy cuts001.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Scene of the crime. The building where thieves attempted to chop a Banksy original painting from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security010.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Scene of the crime. The building where thieves attempted to chop a Banksy original painting from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security009.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security007.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security005.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security003.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security013.JPG
  • 23 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Claudia Woods, a guard with District Security guards a boarded up Banksy original painting after audacious thieves attempted to chop the artwork from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. The building will be guarded 24 hours a day for the time being.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23feb14-Banksy Security002.JPG
  • 21 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A considerably irrational and unpleasant 'private art handler' from Los Angeles, giving his name only as Chris chops an original Banksy from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec street. Chris claims the artwork is to be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy's work in April. Chris also claims the artwork will be re-installed at its current location once the exhibition is finished - a claim local residents seriously doubt.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21feb14-Banksy006.JPG
  • 21 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A Banksy original street graffiti artwork known as 'Rain Girl' is chopped from a wall. A considerably irrational and unpleasant 'private art handler' from Los Angeles, giving his name only as Chris has prepared the wall for removal from an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec streets. Chris claims the artwork is to be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy's work in April. Chris also claims the artwork will be re-installed at its current location once the exhibition is finished - a claim local residents seriously doubt.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21feb14-Banksy003.JPG
  • 21 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A considerably irrational and unpleasant 'private art handler' from Los Angeles, giving his name only as Chris chops an original Banksy known as 'Rain Girl' from the wall of an old abandoned store in New Orleans on the corner of North Rampart and Kerlerec streets. Chris claims the artwork is to be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy's work in April. Chris also claims the artwork will be re-installed at its current location once the exhibition is finished - a claim local residents seriously doubt.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21feb14-Banksy002.JPG
  • 24 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
<br />
As reported in The Sun, London.<br />
<br />
Banksy ‘thieves’ busted cutting original grafitti art work from shop wall<br />
<br />
By JACK LOSH<br />
Last Updated: 24th February 2014<br />
<br />
A BOGUS construction crew were chased off after they were busted cutting an original Banksy from a wall.<br />
One of the gang, who called himself Chris, was caught holding a power drill half-way through extracting the work by the British street artist.<br />
<br />
Hidden by a temporary wall of plywood, he told snapper Charlie Varley that the 2008 artwork – dubbed “Umbrella Girl” – would be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy’s career.<br />
He added that it would be re-installed at its current location on the side of an abandoned store in New Orleans, US, once the exhibition had finished.<br />
<br />
But when local residents quizzed the men and ordered them to show a permit for the operation, they packed up their equipment and scarpered.<br />
A security guard was installed at the scene on Friday to make sure the suspected thieves did not return.<br />
Clay Lapeyrouse, who lives nearby, said: “They were cutting it out of the building. The story they gave me just seemed weird."<br />
<br />
Police are now hunting the suspects, aged between 25 and 35, following the incident.<br />
Banksy’s work fetches huge sums at auction, with his Kissing Coppers mural going under the hammer for £345,000 in the US last week.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb14-Banksy cuts003.JPG
  • 19 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Faith Figueroa. Finding Faith. Faith (2 yrs) with her mother Miriam and her sister Anfernya (5yrs) back in the 9th Ward from which they were evacuated by boat as hurricane Katrina flooded their neighbourhood almost a year ago. The neighbourhood remains desolate, with few residents. Hurricane damage for the most part unrepaired. They now have to share their home with rats. Electricity is sporadic and expensive, the telephone company has still not repaired the lines and someone tried to break into their home a few days ago whilst they were in it. Faith manages a smile as the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches. Faith was featured on the Sept 19th 2005 cover of Newsweek.
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  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP pipeline runs underneath the beach, making it one of the most valuable stretches of land in the USA. Handling as much as 30% of the nation's oil needs and connecting to 50% of the nations petroleum refining capacity, the LOOP pipeline is one of the most strategically important sites in the USA. Constant erosion and an ongoing battle for compensation with oil giant BP following the Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Wisner Trust currently has the most expensive compensation claim against BP, with some estimates putting the claim as high as $1 Billion.
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  • 19 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Faith Figueroa. Finding Faith. Faith (2 yrs) with her mother Miriam and her sister Anfernya (5yrs) back in the 9th Ward from which they were evacuated by boat as hurricane Katrina flooded their neighbourhood almost a year ago. The neighbourhood remains desolate, with few residents. Hurricane damage for the most part unrepaired. They now have to share their home with rats. Electricity is sporadic and expensive, the telephone company has still not repaired the lines and someone tried to break into their home a few days ago whilst they were in it. Miriam stands with her children, their home in an upstairs apartment behind them. They escaped into a boat from the top steps as hurricane Katrina flooded the area. A large puddle now forms in the ruined streets, a breeding ground for ferocious mosquitos.
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  • 12th October, 2013. Wisner Beach, Port Fourchon, Louisiana.<br />
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP pipeline runs underneath the beach, making it one of the most valuable stretches of land in the USA. Handling as much as 30% of the nation's oil needs and connecting to 50% of the nations petroleum refining capacity, the LOOP pipeline is one of the most strategically important sites in the USA. Constant erosion and an ongoing battle for compensation with oil giant BP following the Macondo Well Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Wisner Trust currently has the most expensive compensation claim against BP, with some estimates putting the claim as high as $1 Billion.
    12oct13-BP Spills043.JPG
  • 17th Feb, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Controversial cruise ships, Carnival Lines Ecstasy and Sensation lie at dock on the east bank of the Mississippi river. Both ships have been hired at vast expense to house police, fire fighters and many of the city's first responders and workers. However at the end of February, Ecstasy is due to sail, technically rendering homeless many of the city's vital first response teams at the hight of Mardi Gras. A stray dog, now common in New Orleans wanders along the shore line.
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