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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2011 Stories by Paul Rubin

• Dr. Mark Salerno Is Living Proof That It's Possible to Overcome Mental Illness

  published December 22, 2011

  Dr. Mark Salerno steps to a podium, gripping a tattered black shoe. It is a crisp and bright early December morning in Peoria, on 99th... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Phoenix's Most At-Risk Homeless Find Their Way, Thanks to a Team of "Navigators"

  published December 8, 2011

  Russell Jefferson waves at the two women standing in front of his apartment. He hobbles through the crosswalk on Seventh Avenue south... More >>

• Meet Raven, a Homeless Man With More Community Than Many of Us Have

  published November 24, 2011

  Raven sleeps every night tucked away in an alley in East Central Phoenix. Each morning, he grabs his bedroll and his backpack and... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Take a Chilling Look Inside the Baseline Killer Case

  published November 10, 2011

  That police detective Mike Meislish led the search of suspected serial killer Mark Goudeau's home on October 7, 2006, was a godsend. It... More >>

• A Respected State Prison Officer Quits Over Dangerous Conditions for Inmates and Guards

  published September 29, 2011

  Chuck Bauer loved his job as a lieutenant at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye. He gradually had risen in rank over eight years (in two... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Tempe Police Allowed Shaquille O’Neal to Play Cop by Giving Him Secret Info on Software Used to Detect Kiddy Porn

  published September 22, 2011

  Just after noon on December 15, 2009, a Tempe police detective sent a very specific e-mail about how to conduct a child pornography... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Why Did the Arizona Department of Corrections Put a Mentally Ill Man in a Cell With a Convicted Killer?

  published September 1, 2011

  Jasper Rushing is reflecting about why he pummeled, slashed, and mutilated his seriously mentally ill cellmate to death last September... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Mental Illness Hasn't Stopped Chris Shelton from Becoming a World-Class Boxing Historian

  published July 21, 2011

  About six years ago, a brilliant and troubled soul named Chris Shelton came to realize that methamphetamine was going to kill him. In... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Investigations Into Thomas Abbott's Brutal Death Were Botched by Phoenix Police; His Family's Convinced It's Because He Was Gay

  published June 16, 2011

  The scene inside unit 313 at the Biltmore Terrace Apartments in Phoenix was gruesome. A man's naked, bloated body was on the floor next... More >>

• Disfigured Former Phoenix Cop Was Incredulous When the State Recently Declared Him Fit for Duty

  published May 5, 2011

  Retired Phoenix police Officer Jason Schechterle got some unexpected news on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the horrific car crash that... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  A Young Woman Believes She Would've Died If She'd Continued Treatment for Supposed Lyme Disease from Chandler Clinicians

  published May 5, 2011

  T he relationship between Alyssa Goodale and the women treating her for Lyme disease ended abruptly in February 2010. It had not been... More >>

• Iraq Native Faleh Almaleki Gets 34 Years in Prison for Murdering His Americanized Daughter

  published April 21, 2011

  Faleh Almaleki probably will die in prison, where a county judge has sent him for murdering his daughter and seriously injuring a former family... More >>

• Lords of the Ring

  published April 21, 2011

  It’s easy to talk about what Arizona doesn’t have, but sometimes it’s good to focus on the positive. On one hand, Arizona lacks... More >>

• Final Exit Network Members Going on Trial After 2007 Assisted Suicide of Phoenix Woman

  published March 31, 2011

  Jury selection is set to start April 5 in a "right to die" manslaughter case involving two "exit guides" who helped a deeply disturbed... More >>

• Arpaio's Deputy Claims a Slight, 50-Year-Old Latino Attacked Him

  published March 24, 2011

  A deceptively simple assault prosecution involving a Maricopa County sheriff's deputy and a Gila Bend couple has ended after nearly two years... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  State Farm Tried to Nail Its Customers for Arson, but the Bad Guys Were Firefighters

  published March 3, 2011

  This story is about firefighters who morphed into arsonists, an insurance company that wasn't a "good neighbor," and a Peoria couple... More >>

• Is Manslaughter Appropriate for "Honor Killing" Suspect Faleh Almaleki?

  published February 10, 2011

  As the jury trial of accused daughter-killer Faleh Almaleki moves toward its conclusion, one thing is certain. The 12-person panel will... More >>