I’m going to take a shot in the dark here: the book, and my interview are not going to happen any time soon.

Poster Boy was sentenced to 11 months in jail today after failing to appear in court on May 6th. The irony is that had he shown up, he would have avoided any jail time due to a technical error. According to a statement by his attorney on ANIMAL, the illustrious street artist showed up in court the next day to apologize for not appearing, but was immediately taken into custody. Unfortunately, Poster Boy’s luck has run out and he will be sent to Riker’s Island.

This is a sad day for subway art.

From Poster Boy's Flickr, posted just before his first arrest

Well-known subway artist, Poster Boy, was arrested again on Friday after a cop caught him at the Jefferson Street L train station cutting the heads off of people in an ad. His arrest comes just as he was about to finish his sentence of 210 hours of community service from a previous arrest about one year ago. A spokeswoman for the Brooklyn District Attorney said, “We plan on asking the judge to throw out the plea deal and sentence [him] to jail.”

According to the NY Post’s sources, Poster Boy, “told the cop he should get a break because it was the first time he did it — but admitted he was the infamous Poster Boy after the officer ran his name through a computer.”

The Subway Art Blog has recently spotted other stations along the L in Bushwick with several ads missing heads. These decapitations may have to do with a larger project Poster Boy had in store.