Man sentenced to life in prison in Montgomery for multiple violent offenses

A repeat felony offender will serve life in prison for multiple violent crimes he committed in Montgomery from 2019 to 2023.

Montgomery County District Attorney Azzie Oliver announced that as Rubin Mack was set to stand trial for numerous separate offenses, including kidnapping, firing a gun into an occupied dwelling, attempted assault, sexual abuse, four counts of domestic violence and unlawful imprisonment, he pleaded guilty to eight felonies and one misdemeanor. That happened just before the start of jury selection in one of five cases against him.

Mack was immediately sentenced to life behind bars by Judge Greg Griffin as each felony charge carried a sentencing range of up to life in prison.

Oliver says in August 2019, Mack pulled up alongside a car occupied by his ex-girlfriend and her friends and pointed a gun at the vehicle. When they drove off, Mack shot at the car eight times. Mack bonded out of jail the day after he was arrested.

Four days after his release, Oliver said Mack went to a house where his ex-girlfriend was hiding and demanded she come outside. When she did, Mack began pushing and shoving her towards his car. Once the victim was inside, Mack punched her multiple times, causing her eye to swell. He also chipped two of her teeth.

Oliver said Mack then began driving toward Georgia. When they reached Lanett, Alabama, the victim saw state troopers stationed near a construction site. She jumped out of the moving car and ran to the troopers for help. Mack led the officers on a chase before he was taken into custody. He was able to bond out again in December 2019.

After his release, Oliver said Mack began dating another woman, who he also violently assaulted. In May 2023, the victim sought emergency assistance because Mack kicked in her front door and refused to let her leave the house. When police arrived on scene, Mack fled the area and was unable to be apprehended. Later that night, three of the victim’s friends were helping her repair the damaged door when Mack showed up and began demanding they let him in the house, or that the victim come outside.

One of her friends went out to talk to Mack to try to defuse the situation, Oliver said. Doorbell surveillance footage showed that as soon as they walked back into the house, Mack pulled out a gun and shot twice, striking the home. No one was injured. Mack was able to bond out on this case in August 2023. His previous bonds were not revoked based on this new offense, but he was ordered to wear an ankle monitor as an additional condition of bond.

While released on bond with the ankle monitor, in September 2023, Oliver said Mack defied a court order and contacted the victim again. He went to where she was, grabbed and threatened her with a gun and ordered her to accompany him to a friend’s house. Then, in November 2023, Mack forced the victim into an unknown house, where he pinned her arms behind her back and forced her to engage in sexual contact.

In April 2024, a Montgomery County Grand Jury indicted Mack for the crimes that occurred in September 2023. However, local law enforcement could not locate Mack to serve him with the indictment. The U.S. Marshals Service aided in finding him and were able to take him into custody in May 2024. He was placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility and has been
held there since that arrest.

During a status hearing, Mack told the court he loved the victim and there was nothing anyone could do to keep them apart.

Mack insisted he and the victim were still in a relationship, and she didn’t want him in prison. She staunchly denied those claims.

“I am proud that my team of dedicated prosecutors and our and hard-working law enforcement partners could bring justice to these women. Physical and sexual abuse have long-term psychological and emotional effects on the survivors. There is no making up for the pain they endured, but I hope they find comfort in knowing Rubin Mack will spend the rest of his life
behind bars, unable to hurt anyone ever again,” Oliver said. “These cases also exemplify why we need bail reform. Violent offenders should not be permitted to roam freely in our neighborhoods. We cannot continue to have people who are an obvious risk to public safety remaining on the streets to harm their victims again or hurt other people.”

— Information from the Office of Montgomery County District Attorney Azzie Oliver