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Inside Drenth: A Look at What Made a Fallen Cop Tick

By Paul Rubin
Nov 15, 2012

Second of two parts. Read Part One: The Curious Death of Sergeant Sean Drenth Heston Silbert stepped to the pulpit and got straight to the point. The veteran Phoenix police lieutenant had rehearsed his eulogy for Sergeant Sean Drenth to himself a dozen times and didn't want emotions to overwhelm...
The Curious Death of Sergeant Sean Drenth

By Paul Rubin
Nov 8, 2012

First of two parts Sean Drenth died instantly and violently on the evening of October 18, 2010, in a quiet alley a half-mile south of the Arizona Capitol building. The cause of death was a single shotgun shell, whose contents entered just under the Phoenix police sergeant's chin and burst...
Ike Diogu (Onetime ASU Basketball Great) and Eric Boateng (Onetime ASU Not-So-Great) In Olympic Games

By Paul Rubin
Jul 24, 2012

See Also: Destiny's Child See Also: Winning Season It doesn't seem that long ago, but it's almost been a decade since a precocious freshman basketball player named Ike Diogu led Arizona State University to the second-round of the NCAA championships. His given name was Ikechukwu Somtochukwu Diogu, and he grew...
Alexander Cockburn's Recent Death Reminds Us Of His Long-Ago Visit Here

By Paul Rubin
Jul 24, 2012

We disagreed with Alexander Cockburn, well, more than half the time, and that was a good thing. We had read him for years when he was with the Village Voice(long before the New Times chain took over the New York City alternative weekly giant), and really appreciated how he skewered...
Rick Brooks, Hero Of 1990s `Zero-Down' Bankruptcy Court Expose, Has Died

By Paul Rubin
Jul 23, 2012

See Also: DEBT IN THE WATER: "ZERO-DOWN " BANKRUPTCY FIRMS COST THEIR CLIENTS PLENTY Now and then in this line of work, you come upon a source so impassioned about his point of view on a volatile subject that you just have to slow him or her down. Such was...

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