by Ryn Gargulinski | Aug 12, 2011 | Blogski Archives, column, crime, danger, death, life, odd pueblo, police, fire, law
Arizonans like their guns – or so the reputation goes. It’s a reputation backed up by incidents like Tucson’s recent road rage altercation that left a man fatally shot in a Jack in the Box parking lot and January’s tragic mass shooting. The gun-happy reputation is...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 18, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, immigrants, life, police, fire, law
Running off to Mexico not only sounds wholly romantic, but it’s long been an ideal way to evade American law enforcement. Usually. Two men found out otherwise in two unrelated incidents that landed them both back in Arizona detention facilities. One was a U.S....
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 12, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, environment, gross stuff, immigrants, life, media, notable folks, heroes, police, fire, law, politics, stupidity
Bloody shirts don’t lie – and Pinal County sheriff Deputy Louie Puroll’s green shirt says he didn’t shoot himself in the back after all. Such is the conclusion after the Arizona Department of Public Safety tested Puroll’s shirt for gunshot residue....
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 4, 2010 | animals, pets, Blogski Archives, crime, danger, life, police, fire, law
A Tucson police SWAT standoff between about 80 police personnel and a Tucson man holed up in a midtown home containing weapons could have easily turned deadly. It instead ended with minor injuries and an arrest of the suspect, according to a Tucson Police news...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Sep 29, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, environment, gross stuff, health, life, notable folks, heroes, police, fire, law, stupidity
Arizona man Michael Roy Turney, 62, was reportedly bent on “death, vengeance and mass murder” – and he had all the bombs, weapons and plans with which to achieve it, according to a news release from the District of Arizona’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. Turney outlined his...