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

  "Judging Juvies"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

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

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

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

  "Friday Night Frights"

• 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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2009 Stories by Paul Rubin

• Is Nothing Sacred?: Apparently Not in Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas’ Wacked Legal World

  published December 24, 2009

  Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe could not be more different from Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Donahoe is as sober as, well, a... More >>

• The Carl Hayden High Falcons — Who Endured the Longest Losing Streak in the Nation — Win Again

  published November 12, 2009

  Carl Hayden High School place-kicker Jorge Paredes found himself shuffling aimlessly on the opponent's 30-yard-line. It was a time-out,... More >>

• Friday Night Frights: Carl Hayden High Football Players Have More to Worry About Than Winning Games

  published October 22, 2009

  Tre Fields, a co-captain of the Carl Hayden Community High School Falcons football team, slipped into that place between consciousness and... More >>

• Debbie Milke Was Convicted of Murdering Her Own Child, Now She May Win Her Freedom (or, At Least, a New Trial)

  published October 8, 2009

  Twenty years ago this December, a case involving a missing 4-year-old boy named Christopher Milke captivated and horrified Valley... More >>

• Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with Arson

  published August 27, 2009

  Shortly before Phoenix Fire Department investigators arrested Michael Marin for allegedly torching his plush Biltmore Estates mansion, he spoke... More >>

• Arpaio’s Busts of Illegals at Popular Valley Water Parks Are All Wet

  published July 9, 2009

  Russell Pearce, the powerful East Valley lawmaker, had this to say to the New... More >>

• U.S. Appeals Court Berates Lawyer-Turned-Judge’s Work in the “Going to See Santa” Murder Case

  published June 11, 2009

  Twenty years ago this December, a child's apparent disappearance from the busy Metrocenter mall followed by the grisly discovery of his body in... More >>

• A Former Marijuana Smuggler and Vietnam War Hero Seeks Greater Recognition From His Government

  published May 28, 2009

  When Juan Tercero made the decision that quietly would define his life, he was wearing a T-shirt, green U.S. Army boxer shorts, and rubber shower... More >>

• Doug Grant Gets Five Years After Slain Wife’s Sister Pressed for His Conviction Based on a Dream

  published May 21, 2009

  Almost eight years after Faylene Grant drowned at her Gilbert home, her husband, Doug, faced a county judge last Friday, May 15, to hear his... More >>

• Fallen Police Officer David Uribe Is Honored with a Street-Sign Dedication as His Alleged Killer Stands Trial

  published April 23, 2009

  On the morning of Friday, April 17, under a brilliant blue sky reminiscent of a terrible day almost four years ago, David Uribe's friends and... More >>

• Former Judge Bud Lee Would Rather Go to Jail Than Give Up His Fight for Off-Res Poker Parlors

  published April 16, 2009

  The folks at the Arizona Department of Gaming are convinced that onetime Phoenix Justice of the Peace Harold "Bud" Lee isn't playing with a full... More >>

• Hate For Doug Grant: Despite Scant Evidence That Grant Killed His Wife, the Jury Convicted Him Anyhow

  published April 9, 2009

  The pivotal moment in Doug Grant's murder trial came without fanfare. Former Phoenix Suns nutritionist and vitamin-supplement entrepreneur... More >>

• Doug Grant Did "Everything Wrong"

  published April 9, 2009

  The juror, a thoughtful woman who teaches art to elementary school children, started dreaming about the case during the trial. "The other... More >>

• MCSO Detectives Question Former State Bar chief counsel Bob Van Wyck, Alleging He “Intimidated” Ernie Calderon, Who Backed Andrew Thomas in a Bar Probe

  published March 19, 2009

  An attorney who recently left a top spot at the State Bar of Arizona says Maricopa County sheriff's detectives recently questioned him in... More >>

• In Dependency Court, a Judge Comes Face to Face with the Biggest Threat to Children – Their Moms and Dads

  published January 22, 2009

  In reporting this More >>

• Can Maricopa County’s Juvenile-Justice System Fix Troubled Teens? Rarely, One Judge Laments

  published January 15, 2009

  In reporting this series, New Times staff writer Paul Rubin spent months at the Maricopa County Juvenile Court in downtown Phoenix.... More >>