Email Author Craig Malisow

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published October 14, 2010

  "The Littlest People"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published January 21, 2010

  "Net Gains and Losses"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 3, 2009

  "Credit Repair"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "Language Barrier"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published September 21, 2006

  "Penal Violations"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published February 2, 2006

  "Wize Guys"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Feel My Pain"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 21, 2005

  "Dr. Nice"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

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2011 Stories by Craig Malisow

• German Moreno: Fugitive Serial Child Rapist Found But Can't Be Deported

  published Aug 15, 2011

  A man who fled Houston after being charged with sexual assault of a minor in 2005 has been found in Costa Rica, according to reporters there. German Moreno was already a fugitive from Costa Rica, whe... More >>

• Willie Koehler: Child Rapist Suing From Prison Over Repo'd Pickup

  published Aug 02, 2011

  In 2006, Willie Koehler of Texas City borrowed $19,000 to buy a 2007 Ford F-150. He agreed to have Amoco Federal Credit Union automatically debit $355 from his account every month, and Koehler always ... More >>

• State Bar to Investigate City Attorney on Jolanda Jones's Complaint

  published Jul 29, 2011

  The State Bar of Texas's disciplinary arm will investigate Houston City Attorney David Feldman, based on a complaint filed by embattled City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones. According to the July 22 lette... More >>

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  Former Tony's Chef Bruce McMillian Charged with Sexual Assault of a Minor

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Although owner Jeff Vallone cited "a tough economy" when Amici closed in late last year, it appears that something much more sinister could be behind the Sugar Land restaurant's closing. Former chef ... More >>

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  Bruce McMillian: Star Chef to Plead Insanity On Child-Rape Charges

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Former Tony's chef Bruce McMillian is planning an insanity defense to charges of sexual assault of a child. McMillian, 49, was arrested in Fort Bend County in January and charged with two counts of s... More >>

• Grant Haze: Guy Who Allegedly Dismembered Ex-Wife Talks of Being Inspired By Sting & Lionel Richie

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Last week, Grant Haze was just another bland singer-songwriter with a tremendous ego and hoop earrings. Now he's charged with killing his ex-girlfriend, dismembering her corpse, stuffing the body part... More >>

• Hey, Wanna Buy a (Notorious) Prisonr

  published Jul 22, 2011

  If you've ever wanted to own a prison, now's your chance: The city of Littlefield is auctioning off the Bill Clayton Detention Center, abandoned by the GEO Group, a private prison operator with a trou... More >>

• UH Police: Six-Paragraph Report Criticizes Nonexistent Drug Testing, Low Morale

  published Jul 21, 2011

  Supervisors of a University of Houston police officer who had cocaine in her system when she was killed in a one-car accident while responding to an emergency call last December knew or should have kn... More >>

• Magazine Sales Crews: Now Exploiting Sick Kids

  published Jul 20, 2011

  If there's one thing sick and dying children are good for, it's making money. At least that's what the bottom-feeding sales agents for one door-to-door magazine subscription company are using them for... More >>

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  Game On

  published July 14, 2011

  There are few places as depressing as an illegal game room on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. Inside the Capri Game Room on Telephone Road,... More >>

• Local NAACP Branch Sued over Alleged Financial Shenanigans

  published Jul 07, 2011

  A former attorney with the Houston branch of the NAACP has accused the branch's executive director of mishandling funds and altering financial statements in a federal civil suit. Filed last week in U... More >>

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  Jolanda Jones Fires Back: A Grievance Against the City Attorney, and Big Blasts From Her Spokesperson (UPDATED)

  published Jul 05, 2011

  Houston City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, the subject of a city inspector general investigation, has filed a Texas State Bar grievance against City Attorney David Feldman. Jones's spokeswoman, Kelly C... More >>

• Wells Fargo Hit for Funding Allegedly Badly Run Private Texas Prison

  published Jul 04, 2011

  Wells Fargo just can't win: All the bank wants to do is make good on its underwriting of a private prison company with a history of inmate deaths, sexual abuse and record-tampering, and now a group ca... More >>

• Katy ISD Cop Dennis Olivier: Boss, Someone Took The Heroin, Coke, Meth & Weed You Gave Me

  published Jun 24, 2011

  As a K-9 unit cop for Katy ISD, Dennis Olivier tooled around with a white tackle box full of drugs in his squad car. The department-issued narcotics kit was used to train the dog, so that man and dog ... More >>

• Patti LaBelle Update: Beaten Cadet Sues Airport Worker Who Allegedly Squealed to West Point

  published Jun 23, 2011

  The former West Point cadet who's suing singer Patti LaBelle's entourage for allegedly assaulting him at Bush Intercontinental Airport last March has added an airport operations worker to the list of ... More >>

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  Houston Tow Truck Drivers Are Totally Above the Law

  published Jun 23, 2011

  Tow truck drivers in Houston can break into your car in order to tow it -- against state regulations -- and here's why: Law enforcement ain't gonna stop 'em. We learned this by following up on an e-m... More >>

• City Tries to Get Out of Patti LaBelle Lawsuit

  published Jun 17, 2011

  The City of Houston is claiming immunity in a lawsuit filed by a former West Point cadet who said members of singer Patti LaBelle's entourage assaulted him at Bush Intercontinental Airport last March.... More >>

• Jolanda Jones Picks C.O. Bradford for Her Council Rep at Disciplinary Hearing

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Houston City Councilman C.O. Bradford will represent Councilwoman Jolanda Jones at a three-member panel hearing to decide if the full Council will discipline or clear her of complaints related to an O... More >>

• BARC Handling String of Startingly Bad Animal Abuse Cases (With Graphic Photos)

  published Jun 15, 2011

  The world has completely gone to hell in the last 36 hours, based on the shocking display of animal cruelty cases that Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care is dealing with. Authorities are ... More >>

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  R.I.P., Army Berets: Eight People Who Could Actually Rock That Look

  published Jun 15, 2011

  We read with mixed emotions the news that the U.S. Army is dropping the beret from its official combat uniform after soldier complaints. On the one hand, the overall foppishness of the beret tends to ... More >>

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  Calvin Day: Alleged Pervy Dermatologist Loses License

  published Jun 14, 2011

  The Texas Medical Board has suspended the license of a San Antonio dermatologist indicted last month on two counts of sexually assaulting patients -- but what really got our attention is the part wher... More >>

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  Fetuses in a Public Landfill: Not the Way It's Supposed to Happen

  published Jun 14, 2011

  We all know that the souls of aborted babies go to live with Jesus, but what of their earthly remainsr Well, in Texas, they legally can't be disposed of in landfills -- which is exactly where the rema... More >>

• Jolanda Jones Speaks, Sort of

  published Jun 13, 2011

  In the wake of an Office of Inspector General investigation that found she violated city ordinances in creating a flyer dispensing legal advice, Houston City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones said today that... More >>

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  Controversial Ex-BARC Vet Accused Of Botching Surgeries (With Graphic Photos)

  published Jun 10, 2011

  A veterinarian who left the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care after he was caught dispensing controlled substances without proper registration is now accused of botching routine surgeries on four k... More >>

• Sherwood Oaks Eyesore: Owners Aren't Talking

  published Jun 09, 2011

  We were intrigued by reporter Emily Akin's story on a long-vacant Sherwood Oaks strip mall that residents say is an unwelcome hangout for vandals and crackheads -- intrigued mostly because her story s... More >>