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Cherokee River Indian Community's Indian Takersnew
A war for custody of 4-year-old Raven Laws includes a spurious Alabama tribe.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
03-27-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Boob's Tubenew
Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
01-31-2007 |
Politics
Jump Streetnew
Once ruled a suicide, Phoenix finance chief Kevin Keogh's leap to his death on a busy thoroughfare is a true medical mystery.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
12-19-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hey Diddle Diddlenew
Abortion doctor Brian Finkel will remain in prison for at least 20 more years, after a recent appellate court loss.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
12-19-2006 |
Sex
Dead Man Talkin'new
A murderer says that he wants desperately to die, but a U.S. appeals court won't let the state kill him.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
10-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Case of the Two Abigailsnew
One infant dies with her head in a noose, another dies inside a toy chest -- each was in a father's care, and homicide cops want answers.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-23-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
The Case of the Wily Coyotenew
Getting smuggled into the U.S. is a dangerous game, even when the smuggler is just like family.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-11-2006 |
Immigration
The Case of the Grim Tweakernew
Officer Dave Uribe's murder made no sense, until detectives made the killer as a doper bent on shooting a cop.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
02-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Risky Businessnew
As violence escalates at Phoenix house parties, some are blaming party-crew rivalry.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
01-24-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Judge Takes a Standnew
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office declared war on a respected judge after he called a prosecutor's actions racist.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
12-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Meth Is Rising Cause of Violent Death in Phoenixnew
A significant number of murder victims in Phoenix had methamphetamine in their blood when they died, as did all eight of the people shot by Phoenix police in the first six months of this year.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
11-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Celebrated Capital Murder Case Reconsiderednew
Questions remain about whether a death row prisoner acted alone in the 1988 murder of heiress Jeanne Tovrea.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
10-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Grand Jury Indicts Divorce 'Mediator'new
A grand jury in Arizona's Maricopa County indicted mediator Gary Karpin, known as "Dr. Gary," of 14 counts of theft and two counts of defrauding clients.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
07-26-2005 |
Children & Families
Murder of Ex-Boxing Trainer's Estranged Wife Goes Unsolvednew
The financial spoils in the divorce case Carbajal v. Carbajal were hundreds of thousands of dollars in property and retirement accounts. Sally Carbajal was the odds-on favorite to win by a knockout -- until she was killed.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
06-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
System Fails to Protect Suicidal Inmatenew
Maricopa County deputies ignored Steve Cervantes' wails until he quieted down. By then he was dead.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
06-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
