Email Author Paul Rubin

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 20, 2011

  "Unbalanced"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Shadow Dwellers"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 25, 2010

  "Whitewash"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 23, 2010

  "Pinalcchio"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 22, 2010

  "Phantom Murder"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "Honor Thy Father"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 22, 2009

  "Friday Night Frights"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 15, 2009

  "Judging Juvies"

• 2010 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 21, 2008

  "Felonious Monk"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 14, 2008

  "Bombshell"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 7, 2008

  "If the Shoe Don't Fit"

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  Murder City

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 27, 2006

  "Fear Factor"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 2, 2006

  "War and Peacenik"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "Tough Coach"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 23, 2010

  "Crying Shame"

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2001 Stories by Paul Rubin

• Helping Lucia

  published December 20, 2001

  In April 1999, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael McVey sentenced Lucia America Diaz to five years intensive probation on charges that... More >>

• Disbar Dispute

  published December 6, 2001

  If you're thinking of hiring a woman by the name of Connie Zakrajsek to be your attorney, think again. Maricopa County court officials recently... More >>

• Doctor Derailed

  published November 29, 2001

  Phoenix native Debbie Knight says she's satisfied with the prison sentence meted out November 9 to infamous "Internet Doctor" Pietr Hitzig. Hitzig... More >>

• Murky Waters

  published October 18, 2001

  A vase of plastic flowers rests on its side atop a tiny unmarked grave in Section 53 of Phoenix's Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery. Valeria Rico... More >>

• Finkel Aborted

  published October 18, 2001

  Dr. Brian Finkel, the Phoenix abortion doctor now under criminal investigation for allegedly molesting several of his patients, has been suspended... More >>

• Solitary Man

  published September 27, 2001

  On August 31, Arizona State Prison inmate Mark Koch finally got some good news. It happened more than five years after prison officials... More >>

• Bedside Matter

  published September 20, 2001

  Editor's Note: The names of the women who filed police reports against Dr. Brian Finkel have been changed to protect their... More >>

• Harrod for Hire

  published August 2, 2001

  The Arizona Supreme Court on July 16 upheld the death-penalty conviction of James "Butch" Harrod in the 1988 execution of Phoenix heiress Jeanne... More >>

• Fen-Phen Finish

  published July 12, 2001

  A federal judge has convicted Fen-Phen doctor Pietr Hitzig of illegally prescribing the now-banned diet-drug combination over the Internet to... More >>

• A Mother's Torch

  published June 28, 2001

  A few hours after Kelly Blake set fire to herself and her three kids on the morning of March 20, 1998, a Phoenix police detective spoke with her... More >>

• Payback Time

  published June 28, 2001

  Nancy Etta Elliston, the longtime leader of Arizona's private fiduciary industry, was sentenced Friday afternoon to six years in prison for... More >>

• This Jew Won't Bunt

  published June 28, 2001

  I was watching CNN on the evening of June 1. The news hit me hard."It was the beginning of the Sabbath weekend," anchor Bill Hemmer said, "and... More >>

• Fire Damage

  published June 14, 2001

  Jane Dee Hull turned around and smiled at the two widows who were standing behind her."I'm happy to have this bill in front of me -- at last,"... More >>

• AIDS and Abetting

  published May 24, 2001

  Prostitutes often frequent the parking lot of the Tempe Bowl on Apache Boulevard, so police keep a close eye on the area. When Officer R.M.... More >>

• Shape Up or Sharpe Out

  published May 3, 2001

  The tortured personal and legal saga of Luis Sharpe took yet another turn April 19 when a judge released the former Arizona Cardinals star to a... More >>

• Fen-Phen Follow-Up

  published April 12, 2001

  Federal authorities prosecuting the infamous "Internet Doctor," Pietr Hitzig, visited the Valley late last month as their case against the West... More >>

• The Final Straw

  published March 29, 2001

  "I know if I had shut up, they probably would have ruled it an accident."-- Brian Eftenoff to New Times a month before... More >>

• Fid Life Crisis

  published March 22, 2001

  The onetime godmother of Arizona's private fiduciary industry will be going to prison for stealing money from clients over a period of several... More >>

• Begging Your Pardon

  published March 15, 2001

  Michael Hester awoke January 21 inside an Arizona state prison, where he's been for the past eight years. The 54-year-old Vietnam veteran is doing... More >>

• Rx: Retrial

  published February 22, 2001

  At first blush, career criminal John Arthur Smith's gripes about his trial attorney's shortcomings sound painfully familiar. In 1985, a Maricopa... More >>

• Man of La Muncha

  published February 8, 2001

  One morning last week, as he's done for a quarter-century, Eddie Haramina set up shop in front of the county courthouse in downtown Phoenix. He... More >>

• Romley's Richelieu

  published January 18, 2001

  Though he rarely sets foot in a courtroom anymore, Barnett Lotstein is one of Arizona's most high-profile prosecutors. The loquacious attorney... More >>