Email Author Ray Stern

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 8, 2010

  "Gold Rush"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 25, 2010

  "Chronic Future"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 15, 2009

  "Concrete Bungle"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  SCA Scandal

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Valley Fever

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 19, 2007

  "Money for Nothing"

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published May 31, 2007

  "What Happened in Vegas..."

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 31, 2007

  "What Happened in Vegas..."

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 8, 2007

  "Gotcha!"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "ICE Meltdown"

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2008 Stories by Ray Stern

• Sheriff Plays Dumb, Pt. 2: "She Wanted This Matter Pursued Further..."

  published Aug 01, 2008

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• Sheriff's Office Plays Dumb On Racial Profiling Investigation

  published Jul 31, 2008

  Phil Gordon By Ray Stern After Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies of racial profiling in an April 4 letter to the U.S. Attorney General, Arpaio "ordered... More >>

• Police Controlling Media Again on Serial Predator Case

  published Jul 28, 2008

  By Ray Stern A Phoenix man is sitting in jail today on suspicion of touching, grabbing, and possibly trying to kidnap or molest a dozen young girls in recent weeks. His name is Robert Jesse Payan... More >>

• Thomas' TV Propaganda Cites a Drug Statistic Even the DEA Says Is Wrong

  published Jul 24, 2008

  By Ray Stern Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is too high. Too high, that is, when it comes to the hysterical statistic quoted in his new public service announcement about drop houses. Like... More >>

• Gorenter Founder Mark Bosworth Accused of Ripping Off Investors

  published Jul 23, 2008

  By Ray Stern The Arizona Corporation Commission is jumping on Mark Bosworth, the former self-proclaimed real estate "guru" whose troubles were documented in a May feature article in New Times. In ... More >>

• Who Pooed in the Poolr

  published Jul 22, 2008

  By Ray Stern All 29 public pools in Phoenix were open again today following last week's parasite scare, but parks workers still weren't quite sure how the bug found its way into the water. Only on... More >>

• Silent Witness flak tries to silence news media

  published Jul 18, 2008

  By Ray Stern The voice of the young girl on television, the screen showing only her socked feet, rivets the viewer to her story. The Phoenix 12-year-old had been attacked in broad daylight while walk... More >>

• $5 million (and counting) to jail "human cargo" of smugglers under AZ law

  published Jul 17, 2008

  Associated Press photo Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas boasted at a press conference this week that his office has now prosecuted 750 people under the state's two-year-old human-smuggling la... More >>

• Mesa Police Chief George Gascón stares down Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  published July 10, 2008

  The police chief had stolen the spotlight, and the sheriff was furious. It was a scorching hot day in late June, and dozens of... More >>

• Paul Charlton endorses Gerald Richard over Andrew Thomas for Maricopa County Attorney

  published Jun 30, 2008

  By Ray Stern Gerald Richard, Democratic candidate for Maricopa County Attorney (pictured), today released a list of people endorsing him that included Paul Charlton, former U.S. Attorney in Arizona. ... More >>

• Disgraced ex-NAU president Owen "Grab Your Balls" Cargol resigns from American University of Iraq

  published Jun 27, 2008

  By Ray Stern Blogs are buzzing about the Bush Administration's faux pax in hiring scandal-plagued former NAU president Owen Cargol as the first chancellor of the American University in Iraq. Accor... More >>

• East Valley Tribune gives up traditional newspaper look, goes tabloid

  published Jun 25, 2008

  By Ray Stern Guess what came to Mesa todayr No, it's not Sheriff Arpaio's Mexican supression operation--that's scheduled on Thursday. The East Valley Tribune rolled out its new and improved look... More >>

• Wanna-be plus-size lingerie model indicted on suspicion of bail bond fraud

  published Jun 24, 2008

  By Ray Stern She's big, she's beautiful and--according to Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard--she's naughty, too. Goddard is accusing Nicole Galbraith, 24, of ripping off the clients of her Ea... More >>

• Taxpayers fund concealed weapons permits for pistol-packing prosecutors, secretaries and others at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office

  published Jun 23, 2008

  By Ray Stern Gun-loving Arizona has had a robust concealed weapon program since 1994, and about 85,000 people have received permits that allow them to take hidden handguns with them just about ever... More >>

• Arpaio's thugs threaten to arrest a New Times reporter for looking at public records

  published Jun 11, 2008

  By Ray Stern How close did I come to getting arrested by Maricopa County sheriff's deputies todayr As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by that much." These cowardly MCSO deputies refused to ide... More >>

• The Great New Times Memorial Sheriff Arpaio Blast Line

  published Jun 10, 2008

  By Ray Stern Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants to know what you think about his approach to illegal immigration. Well, only if you agree with him. But we encourage those who disagree with him... More >>

• "Green" eatery association exaggerates facts on biodiesel as it shills for the fuelmaker that founded it

  published Jun 06, 2008

  By Ray Stern The small ad by something called "AZ Green Dining" in the Cafe section of this week's New Times couldn't help but catch my eye (after a co-worker pointed it out, that is): "The New Times... More >>

• Illegal immigrants in Phoenix police shooting had run-ins with the law last year

  published Jun 05, 2008

  By Ray Stern Following a rancorous public debate, the Phoenix Police Department last month toughened its policy toward illegal immigrants, allowing cops to report people to tederal immigration author... More >>

• Trial begins for a Scottsdale vegan who starved his kids

  published Jun 03, 2008

  By Ray Stern Last year, Blair Parker saw his wife, Kimu, sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in the slow starvation of the Scottsdale couple's three children. With his trial under way today,... More >>

• Method used in the apparent suicide of a laid-off Tribune critic is common in Japan

  published May 30, 2008

  By Ray Stern The choice of homemade poisonous gas in the apparent suicide of East Valley Tribune theater critic Chris Page shocked those who knew him and resulted in the evacuation of Page's Mesa tow... More >>

• Downtown Tempe Community association to spend $75,000 annually to clean up bird poop

  published May 29, 2008

  Downtown Tempe's under aerial assault. The evidence can be found all over Mill Avenue's sidewalks, trademark red-brick buildings, and on... More >>

• Laid-off "Get Out" theater critic commits suicide

  published May 27, 2008

  By Ray Stern Chris Page, a theater reviewer laid off by the East Valley Tribune three weeks ago, was found dead Monday of an apparent suicide in his Mesa townhome. Mesa police spokesman Chris Arvayo... More >>

• Arpaio spouts SOS in new drug-conspiracy documentary

  published May 23, 2008

  By Ray Stern Do illegal drugs fund a government plot to keep black and brown people downr Whatever the answer, it's a conspiracy theory that makes for a somewhat interesting documentary now airing... More >>

• Update: Napolitano yanks Arpaio's immigration funding

  published May 14, 2008

  By Ray Stern As expected, Sheriff Joe Arpaio threw a tantrum when he found out Governor Janet Napolitano was cutting his allowance. After first reading of the cuts to his immigration enforcement eff... More >>

• Like the housing industry, real estate “guru” Mark Bosworth is in crash mode

  published May 15, 2008

  The widow and the man who cheated her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars come from large Mormon families and lived in the same west Phoenix... More >>