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Gary L. Joralemon has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a master's degree in leadership from St. Mary's College of California. After thirty-three years in law enforcement, he retired from the San Luis Obispo County Probation Department, having risen to the rank of Chief Deputy Probation Officer. Gary has served on the faculties of the Alan Hancock College Law Enforcement Academy, Cuesta College, and California State University, San Luis Obispo. He specializes in issues pertaining to law enforcement use of force and ethics. He is a former Police and Fire Olympian and participated in the 2005 Outrigger Canoe World Championships, in Molokai, Hawaii. As with his character Michael O'Shea, Gary spent untold hours as a young man running the steps of Edwards Field on the University of California campus.

Tarricone: A Death on Canyon Road Marilyn Carlson lived in the house on Canyon Road from her birth until she married twenty-two years later. She would always have treasured family memories of birthday parties, Christmas celebrations; countless events within the walls of the large two-story yellow home. Only two families occupied the residence between 1974 and June of 1978 when Geraldine Hesse came calling in her quest for a home for herself, her daughter Renee, and granddaughter Nicolle. Through the years, following Geraldine Hesse and Renee Curtiss, numerous other families, some with children, lived there over the next three decades. By 2008 much of the area surrounding the house had become commercially valuable. Marilyn Miller (nee Carlson) and her brother, Owen Carlson. In 2008 Marilyn and her brother decided decided to raze the Canyon Road home and, with the cleared property and adjacent land they owned, construct a small office building on the site. Sunrise excavating, owned by Travis Haney, was given a contract to excavate the cleared land. A day or so into the excavation process, as the dirt was being turned over, human remains were discovered.

What types of crimes do you think about when you consider who should go to jail? Probably you'd come up with a list including thieves, rapists, drunk drivers, murderers, drive-by shooters, drug dealers, and sex offenders. The T-Shirt Murderer is the shocking true story of a man who was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for copyright infringement. Yes-that's right. Gary Matthews printed T-shirts, which he never sold, but for which he was thrown into a federal prison in Miami...in the middle of a beachfront industry printing T-shirts, tote bags, and many other souvenirs with far more flagrant breaches of copyright, and which are even shipped out of the United States. But Gary was one man without the power of a corporation behind him: a perfect man to frame as a scapegoat for white-collar crime. Educational and unsettling, The T-Shirt Murderer is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn the truth about the American legal system.

Joseph Duncan had been convicted of raping and torturing a 14-year-old boy in Tacoma, Washington. On the Internet he proudly boasted of his perversions. But the system turned Duncan loose, and no one would stop him from committing an even more horrifying act...

Tavares Entertainment, LLC. has published and released a powerful and eye-opening novel, written by Gary G. Tavares. It is entitled, “Predator of the diamond: The Boston Red Sox Youth Molestation Story.” Gary is a Screenwriter, Playwright, Author, Poet, Publisher and Speaker. This novel is based on actual events. The events took place in Winter Haven, Florida between 1971 and 1991. The Boston Red Sox had their spring training facility there at that time. The facility was called the Chain of Lakes ballpark. There was a Caucasian man named Donald Fitzpatrick who worked in the organization as their clubhouse manager. He was called Fitzie for short. During that time, Fitzie is believed to have molested as many as a dozen black boys, who worked under him at the facility as clubbies. He plead guilty in 2002 but never served time. He was given a ten year suspended sentence and fifteen years probation. Fitzie died in 2005 but the stories of the victims has never been told…. Until now. “Predator on the Diamond: The Boston Red Sox Youth Molestation Story,” could be the most thought-provoking and compelling untold story of child molestation, within a sports organization, in sports history. You will see how the circumstances of these young African-American boys, who were mostly poor and fatherless, were used to take advantage of them. Take a look into the mind of the predator and see how he uses his position of power to control and manipulate these young victims. Look into the minds of the actual young victims and see some of the signs of abuse which parents can often overlook. We send them to various professional sports organizations to work with some of the biggest athletes of our time and we assume they are safe. However, how many Penn State scandals are waiting to emerge? How do we protect our youth? The answers to these questions may be more complex than we know but this story may help to bring awareness to this issue.

In 1976 Renee Curtiss met a man thirty years her senior, a charismatic local businessman named Joseph Tarricone. She would have an ongoing relationship with Joseph that would entail both business and romance. It would begin and flourish in one state and end tragically in another.