by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 20, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, gross stuff, life, police, fire, law
Even possible breast implants and dressing as a woman was not enough to hide fugitive Max Montijo-Lamadrid from U.S. Marshals. Lamadrid, 34, who was able to elude authorities for a decade by “assuming another identity” and moving frequently all around Mexico, was...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 19, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, life, police, fire, law
Daniel Renteria, the father accused of killing two men after one allegedly molested his 3-year-old son, is getting his day in court. Again and again. For the second time in a row, Renteria’s trial ended in a mistrial, thanks to a hung jury. A date for the third trial,...
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 | Sep 24, 2010 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, gross stuff, life, police, fire, law
The large rock found near Thomas Tucker’s pummeled skull could have been the murder weapon. Or it could have been the sledgehammer deputies noted on the porch. In either case, Tom Tucker, 58, was found badly beaten Aug. 24, police records say, his body dragged from...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Sep 10, 2010 | Blogski Archives, column, crime, danger, death, gross stuff, life, police, fire, law
Nine years is a long time, but still not long enough to forget how I felt that morning on Brooklyn’s 69th Street Pier while I watched the first of the Twin Towers burn. Incredulous sums it up. Disgusted, enraged, horrified and heartsick would not come until later. Not...