October 19th, 2011 by MJones
In the three years that I have been writing for Tattoo Blog, I’ve seen a lot of different things, a lot of strange things and a whole lot of interesting things. But something that has continued to occur in numerous places around the world is crimes against tattoo shops and their owners. From bombings to robberies to outright violent attacks, tattoo shop owners have all too often faced off against no shortage of crazies. I don’t know why this is the case – sometimes I think that some criminals rather stupidly believe that a tattoo studio is an easy target to steal a lot of money from. Fortunately, something else that I’ve noticed about crimes against tattoo studios is that quite often the criminals don’t get away or are brought to justice – either directly by the tattoo artist himself or by the police and court system.
Most recently, I’ve come across a new attack on a tattoo shop. This time it took place in Leominster, Massachusetts at the New Addiction Body Modification Tattoo Shop. In September of 2010, 33-year-old Satron Pridgen and 29-year-old Alexander Rivera turned up at the tattoo shop and attempted to rob owner Joshua Richardson. The robbery failed and Pridgen shot Richardson four times with a .32 calibre handgun. Rivera also had a weapon, though it was only a pellet gun.
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