by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 17, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, life, police, fire, law
The Tucson Police Department will be tightening its already overloaded belt in the wake of the of the recent election results. But we saw that coming. A majority 62 percent voted no to Proposition 400, which would have led to a one-half cent increase in Tucson city...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 15, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, environment, gross stuff, life, police, fire, law
Julius Lat used to always say he would never make it to age 30, said his fiancée Jessica Catalan. He didn’t. He instead ended up fatally shot in the head Aug. 6 – at age 24 – with his death following two days later on Aug. 8. While he may be gone, Catalan is making...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 11, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, environment, gross stuff, life, police, fire, law
Hitting a woman is cowardly enough. But hitting a pregnant woman is one of the lowest crimes a guy can muster. A federal judge seems to agree, sentencing a man found guilty of brutalizing his pregnant girlfriend to 25 years in prison. Phillip Gomez, 29, did more than...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 10, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, environment, life, police, fire, law, stupidity
Bicycles in the annual El Tour de Tucson will be streaming through the streets Nov. 20 – hopefully this year without any life-threatening brain injuries or a $3.5 million lawsuit. Gary Stuebe, of Surprise, was the recipient of both the 2008 brain injury and the...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 15, 2010 | Blogski Archives, column, crime, danger, death, gross stuff, health, life, stupidity
We’ve seen bad fads come and go – think Cabbage Patch Kids and polyester leisure suits – but we’ve yet to see one that literally sucked as bad as all this vampire mania. First came the slate of vampire TV shows and movies, ranging from True Blood to Twilight. The...