Anthony Galluccio

The imps at the Cambridge Chronicle ad department

adamg — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:04:40 +0000

You 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

adamg — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:35:01 +0000

Statement from Senate President Therese Murray.

Galluccio couldn't brush this one off; sent to jail for a year

adamg — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:03:23 +0000

Channel 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

adamg — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:03:37 +0000

Naturally, 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.

The patents.

Herald editor boozes it up to disprove Galluccio's toothpaste alibi

adamg — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:15:46 +0000

Joe 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

adamg — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:56:10 +0000

Channel 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

adamg — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:24:46 +0000

UPDATE: 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

adamg — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:46:30 +0000

Channel 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

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:20:56 +0000

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

Cynic — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:19:08 +0000

Just 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.

Report: Cambridge cops drove Galuccio home the same day he had his crash because he appeared drunk

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:13:13 +0000

The Herald posts a story unlikely to help convince people that Sen. Galluccio hit and ran merely because he had flashbacks to earlier arrests.

Three days of protest vigils planned for Sen. Galluccio

adamg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:20:06 +0000

To make sure the state senator doesn't just walk out of court again, after his latest crash. Next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday outside the State House. Details (one of the kids in the mini-van he hit has yet to regain the use of his arm). Schedule yourself for the vigil.

Sen. Galluccio's victims

adamg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:54:19 +0000

The Globe talks to the guy whose vehicle was rear-ended by the twice-convicted-but-still-innocent-this-time state senator. The Herald talks to a family member who says the man's son has had to drop out of youth sports because of injuries in the hit and run.

Here's your chance to go drinking with Anthony Galluccio

adamg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:53:05 +0000

File under Bad Timing? Wicked Local Cambridge reports the Cambridge state senator is hosting a reception on Wednesday: "Complimentary hors' doeuvres, wine, and beer" with a donation of $125 to $500.

The last time Galluccio was in the news.

Should State Sen. Anthony Galluccio resign his seat in light of his latest run in with the law?

ShadyMilkMan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:46:27 +0000