Pounded Ink – News

New Port Richey Police Investigate Tattoo Parlor Shooting
By Geoff Fox
Published : April 22, 2009
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – Krystin Pittman said the victim of a shooting at a New Port Richey tattoo parlor was going to do a Tinkerbell tattoo on her thigh later this month.
Now, she says the work will never be done.
New Port [...]

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Medical Tattoos May Pose Health Risks
Published : Apr 22, 2009
Washington D.C. – A new study has claimed that there’s a need for doctors to know about medical tattoos – an increasingly popular trend to let others know about one’s medical condition.
One of the most obvious benefits of medical tattooing is for identification purposes in an [...]

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Tattoo Shop Feels Fallout From Las Cruces ATF Sting
By Jenn Dombrowski
Published : April 20, 2009
LAS CRUCES, NM – A Las Cruces tattoo shop feels the fallout from last week’s Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms sting announced last week.
The owner said business has fallen sharply after several agencies announced that 34 guns and drugs were confiscated in [...]

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Tattoo Shop Foils Alleged Bank Robber
By Robin Taylor
Published : April 18, 2009
OCEAN CITY, N.J. – This doesn’t happen every day. A South Jersey man wanted for two bank robberies walked into a tattoo parlor and allegedly confessed.
How often does that happen, especially to a complete stranger? But apparently the young man was scared and he [...]

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Kat Von D Not Squeamish About Love
By Mark Danielle
Published : April 17, 2009
With paparazzi lurking around every corner, celebrity trysts can be tricky. But it gets dicier when the two people knocking boots have a penchant for memorializing their love with a tattoo.
“Hey, it’s not like when we’re doing it he’s like, ‘I can’t stand [...]

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Fake Tattoo Parlor Part Of Major Weapons Sting In Las Cruces
By Annette Arrigucci
Published : April 17, 2009
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A tattoo parlor served as a front for a major undercover weapons trafficking bust in Las Cruces.
More than 30 suspects were arrested in the operation, and two are still wanted.
Two undercover federal agents set up [...]

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Special Ink Takes Sting Out Of Tattoo Remorse In Marshalls Creek
By Beth Brelje
Published : April 13, 2009
MARSHALLS CREEK, PA — Tattoos don’t have to last forever. Now you can say scat to a whack tat more easily.
Predicting today’s 20-somethings will eventually say, “What was I thinking?” to their inked arms and decorated derrieres, scientists in [...]

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Lily Allen Plans Next Tattoo
By Adam Nutburn
Published : Apr 11, 2009
Lily Allen is already planning her next tattoo.
Lily Allen The Smile singer, 23, wants “shut up” inked on her body to remind her to be quiet. “In fact I’m getting a tattoo on my wrist that says, ‘Shut up!’ Perhaps it will remind me to [...]

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Lindsay Lohan Flies Solo At Tattoo Parlor
Published: April 8, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Lindsay Lohan has a new tattoo, Access Hollywood has learned. On her own in West Hollywood following her split with Samantha Ronson, Lindsay was spotted entering Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Tattoos on Tuesday night, where she remained until 3 AM.
Sources at Shamrock told [...]

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Tattoo Studio Owner Needles Lawton Council
By Vallery Brown
Published: April 7, 2009
LAWTON, OK — An embattled tattoo studio owner is still fighting to expand his business and says city council members are unlawfully restricting him.
The council is scheduled to meet in executive session April 14 to discuss a potential lawsuit that shop owner Mike Evans, 33, [...]

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