‘Chaka’ Sentenced to ‘Boot Camp’ : Graffiti: Daniel Bernardo Ramos, the city’s most prolific ‘tagger,’ must serve 90 days for violating conditions of his probation.

Daniel Bernardo Ramos, who spray-painted his graffiti tag “Chaka” on walls from Orange County to San Francisco, was sentenced to serve 90 days in a Sheriff’s Department “boot camp” after admitting Wednesday that he had violated his probation.

“This is your last chance to make something of yourself in this matter,” Los Angeles Municipal Court Commissioner Robert Sandoval told Ramos, who appeared in court wearing a white and orange jail uniform.

Arrested in November by Los Angeles police as he used a marking pen to scrawl “Chaka” on a Lincoln Heights traffic light, Ramos pleaded no contest to 10 counts of vandalism. He was placed on three years probation. Police said he was the city’s most prolific graffiti “tagger,” leaving his mark, or “tag,” more than 10,000 times.

On May 2, only 24 hours after being released from jail on probation, he allegedly struck again, leaving his mark on a courthouse elevator door as he went to visit his probation officer.

He was arrested again May 6 at Griffith Park for several alleged probation violations, including marijuana possession, trespassing and carrying a marking pen. He was placed in custody in the Men’s Central Jail.

On Wednesday, Sandoval ordered Ramos to be placed in the Regimented Inmate Diversion program at the Pitchess Honor Rancho near Castaic. After completing the boot camp program, Ramos will be required to complete 900 hours of graffiti cleanup. If Ramos fails to complete the program, he will be returned to County Jail.

“Mr. Ramos . . . is a person who could use some intensive discipline-style training,” said Deputy City Atty. Peter Shutan. “It’s our feeling that this is one way to finally change and impact the kid.”

Asked by Judge Sandoval if he understood the requirements of the intensive program, Ramos said his goal was “to try my best at it and complete it.”