Renegade Graffiti Artist 'Penis Man' Captured in Dramatic Fashion

A large SWAT team captured the notorious graffiti artist known as "Penis Man" in dramatic fashion on Thursday in Tempe, AZ.

The graffiti-artist, who has been compared to a cruder version of Banksy, had been hitting locations in Tempe with the words "Penis Man" in various configurations across public and private buildings and other objects since late November.

In an earlier article in the Phoenix New Times, it was reported "the tagger had become brazen with his markings in the past couple of weeks, hitting, among other places, the historic Hayden Flour Mill and the front door of Tempe's municipal building..."

"Dustin was booked into the Tempe City Jail on 16 counts of aggravated criminal damage, 8 counts of criminal damage and one count of criminal trespassing in the first degree," reads the police report.

"Shomer didn't respond to a request for comment," when asked by the Phoenix New Times. "But on the "'Unmodded - NEIGHB'rhood Group' Facebook page, Shomer addressed the arrest.

" 'I just spent the last 24 hours in Tempe and Phoenix police custody for spraying "Penis Man," ' Shomer wrote. 'They raided my condo and vehicle and swarmed my entire complex in west Phoenix with 25 heavily armed SWAT officers, and pointed a silenced assault rifle in my face.

'Anyone with any doubt who the bad guys are here ... be certain it is the City of Tempe, City of Phoenix, and police forces valleywide. There is no excuse for pointing an AR-15 in the face of a non-violent offender.' "

Shomer also claimed he was told he would get "nothing to eat" or medical attention, despite a posted sign saying he could receive it if needed. "I was having a panic attack, cause they put a fucking assault rifle in my face (that's illegal, both denying medical attn, and excessive force)," he wrote on Facebook.

Shomer's arrest was first reported in the Daily Mall in which he claims he was performing his illegal actions as a protest against "corrupt local government."

"Penis Man is neither man nor woman, you nor me," Shomer wrote in one post. "We are ALL Penis Man."