Anthony Galluccio
The imps at the Cambridge Chronicle ad department
By adamg - 1/7/10 - 4:04 pmYou know those annoying sticky-note ads now routinely plastered all over your newspaper (well, assuming you actually still get one)? Dan Kennedy reports a sticky ad on this week's Cambridge Chronicle front page that readers may not be so quick to discard.
Galluccio throws in the towel
By adamg - 1/5/10 - 7:35 pmGalluccio couldn't brush this one off; sent to jail for a year
By adamg - 1/4/10 - 4:03 pmChannel 4 tweets the judge didn't buy the toothpaste defense: Cambridge state Senator Anthony Galluccio was ordered taken away for one year for probation violations - the positive alcohol readings on his home Breathalyzer.
Guy who holds patents on alcohol-laced toothpaste says it won't trigger a breathalyzer
By adamg - 1/4/10 - 9:03 amNaturally, the guy who holds five patents on components of Sensodyne toothpaste lives in Cambridge. And naturally, he was put out to read state Sen. Anthony Galluccio's claims that the sorbitol in the toothpaste is why his at-home breathalyzer set off alarms at the probation office. Galluccio goes to court today to find out if he gets to stay at home for the next six months or if the readings are enough to send him to jail.
Herald editor boozes it up to disprove Galluccio's toothpaste alibi
By adamg - 12/25/09 - 10:15 amJoe Dwinell reports that by waiting a couple minutes, he blew a 0.0 on a breathalyzer after brushing his teeth with the same toothpaste the Cambridge state senator claims set off his at-home tester (not the same one the Herald used, though).
For good measure, Dwinell also downed some Coors Lite and a shot of 80-proof Bushmills single-malt whiskey to see what would happen.
News that toothpaste contains alcohol spreads quickly
By adamg - 12/23/09 - 9:56 pmChannel 4 reporter David Robichaud tweets:
Just saw a wino with a paper bag over a tube of Crest.
Galluccio says toothpaste sets off court-ordered Breathalyzer
By adamg - 12/22/09 - 6:24 pmUPDATE: Watch a video demonstration of the device that sic'ed police on Galluccio; in the comments.
As part of his house arrest for hitting and running, state Sen. Anthony Galluccio has to blow into a Breathalyzer periodically. Yesterday, it registered alcohol on his breath. In a statement, Galluccio blames sorbitol, an alcohol-based sugar substitute, in his Colgate Total Whitening and Sensodyne toothpaste.
Here's hoping he doesn't like baking with vanilla extract.
Galluccio sentenced to house arrest, but can still go to work on Beacon Hill
By adamg - 12/18/09 - 12:46 pmChannel 4 reports on the deal the hit-and-run Cambridge state senator got today for plowing into the back of a family's van and then running off and hiding from police: Six months' house arrest and loss of his license. Also: random alcohol testing.
Galluccio to face primary challenge from Charlestown lawyer
By adamg - 11/18/09 - 6:20 pm
The State House News Service reports Dan Hill of Charlestown will run in the Democratic primary against the hit-and-run state senator.
Hill, 36, is a lawyer who lives and practices in Charlestown. On his law-firm Web site, Hill says he specializes in alternative energy, environmental law, housing and development and municipal law.
Cambridge's Finest Taxi Service
By Cynic - 11/16/09 - 1:19 pmJust before dawn on Oct. 4, the Cambridge Police gave State Senator Anthony Galluccio a lift home. According to the report, not only was he apparently too soused to drive, he was too drunk to tell the friend who had taken his keys and was giving him a lift that he had moved - the friend drove back and forth on Sunset Road, looking for his house, although Galluccio now lives on Trowbridge. The police drove out to Sunset as well, before Gooch sobered up sufficiently to direct them to his current residence.
