Former running back Baron Batch had just 25 carries in his one NFL season in 2012, but despite growing up in Texas, he has remained in Pittsburgh following his playing career. He's had great succe s as an artist in the Pittsburgh area.But notoriety replaced popularity recently when the Pittsburgh Police Department on Monday for Batch for nearly 50 "illegal" graffiti tags on the trails of the Great Allegheny Pa sage.By Thursday, Batch had Diontae Johnson Jersey turned himself in. More details via the : Pittsburgh police obtained a warrant Monday charging Mr. Batch, 28, of Homestead, with 30 counts of criminal mischief inside the city limits. Baldwin police obtained a warrant Tuesday charging him with an additional eights counts of criminal mischief for things sprayed the portion of the trail within the borough's borders.Police said some of the items sprayed along Alex Highsmith Jersey the trail resembled artwork displayed by Batch, who admitted that he painted some of them. Batch was awaiting arraignment this afternoon.Batch addre sed the graffiti on his website last week. Najee Harris Jersey "Great artists paint on things. And sometimes great artists paint on things they aren't supposed to," Batch wrote. "As some of you have recently heard, I broke the rules. I left my tags directly on the trail to ensure that they were seen by every cyclist that rode over them. None of it was meant to be disrespectful, but simply to inspire. I am sorry. I did break Ben Roethlisberger Jersey the rules. I will not be tagging on the trails anymore. "I am not a bad person, but I am a renegade."Batch has his paintings displayed in his hometown, at the Lubbock (Texas) Arts Festival, where Elizabeth Regner, executive director of the Lubbock Arts Alliance, admitted she had no idea that Batch played profe sional football."I didn't follow football at all. I had no idea who he was," she told the . "But his artwork is extraordinary. That's what intrigued me the most, not the fact he's a football player or where he comes from. It's the fact his artwork is a fabulous example of contemporary folk art." The reports that Batch sold 11 paintings in 2013, with his largest pieces commanding $2,500 each. Batch also painted a portrait of former teammate Dwayne Haskins Jersey Troy Polamalu, who posted this to Facebook in April 2014: