Email Author Stefan Kamph

Awards

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published June 23, 2011

  "My Father's Bones"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 8, 2011

  "The Case of the Missing Pen"

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2012 Stories by Stefan Kamph

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  COVER STORY

  Top Turkeys of 2012: The South Florida Personalities We Love to Hate

  published November 22, 2012

  Thanks to our neighbors, who are absolutely the best at doing destructive, disastrous, and just plain stupid things, Floridians have... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Digital Domain: The Fall of a Movie Empire

  published November 8, 2012

  "What the fuck is up, Coachella?" In the dark California desert, a rapper who had been dead for 15 years shouted to tens of thousands... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Cops on TV, Part Two: When Entertainment Becomes Evidence

  published Oct 30, 2012

  This is the second post in a two-part series about the BSO's fondness for TV cameras.On February 1, 2011, two bald, white Broward Sheriff's deputies were talking to Devin Matthews, a 32-year-old black... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Cops on TV, Part One: Police Women of Broward County and Lamberti's Legacy

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Sheriff Al Lamberti has made BSO arguably the most TV-friendly law enforcement office in the nation. Not only did Cops come back this year, but Police Women of Broward County and Unleashed: K9 Broward... More >>

• Former Kaplan University Employee Says Recruiting is as Aggressive as Ever

  published Oct 26, 2012

  A few months ago, we detailed the questionable behavior of the state's for-profit colleges, and how they were under state investigation for deceptively luring students into educational programs of que... More >>

• Charges Against BSO Sergeant: "October Surprise" Against Lambertir

  published Oct 25, 2012

  Sheriff Al Lamberti's Democratic challenger Scott Israel looked like a long-shot candidate, but he's been pulling out all the stops recently, flinging whatever poo will stick to Lamberti, and the Sher... More >>

• Speakeasy Politics: Dozens of Candidates to Meet With Yuppies Tonight in West Palm Beach

  published Oct 24, 2012

  Twenty Palm Beach County young-professional organizations have come together to host a pretty impressive roster of local and state political candidates for a free evening of schmoozing and stumping to... More >>

• Presidential Debate Sucked for Libertarians

  published Oct 23, 2012

  As the lights came down in the debate hall at Lynn University, the co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, Frank Fahrenkopf, took the stage.See Also:- Live Blog: Rumble in Boca 2012, Ob... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  LIVE BLOG: Rumble in Boca 2012, Obama and Romney Presidential Debate!

  published Oct 22, 2012

  We're live-blogging tonight's debate right here, on this page. Bookmark the link and follow our updates after the jump. 10:33 - Bob Schieffer ends it with, "Go Vote." The words of his momma. ... More >>

• Rick Scott Makes the Media Rounds at Lynn University Debate

  published Oct 22, 2012

  Mitt Romney is keeping his distance from Rick Scott, but Rick Scott isn't keeping his distance from Mitt Romney today, making the rounds outside the debate hall and stumping for Romney and the Republi... More >>

• At the Debate in Boca: Hip Hop and Bikinis, Megyn Kelly, John McCain, Free Budweiser...

  published Oct 22, 2012

  ... and it's only 4:00. We're finally on the internet here in the media center, where hundreds of journalists from around the world are already milling about, teetering on flimsy folding chairs, wrest... More >>

• New Details on Alleged Sexual Harassment by Craig Ferguson, Former Thompson Academy Director

  published Oct 22, 2012

  The former director of boys' lockup Thompson Academy, Renza "Craig" Ferguson, resigned under a cloud of suspicion in March. Staff members had made allegations that he was transporting young male inmat... More >>

• Cover Presidential Debater Pay $3000 or So.

  published Oct 19, 2012

  The only people allowed in the audience at Monday night's presidential debate at Lynn University will be Lynn students, selected by a lottery to sit on risers in the Wold Performing Arts Center.But th... More >>

• Week-Old "Detox Unit" in Broward Jail Failed to Stop Pill Abuser From Hanging Himself

  published Oct 18, 2012

  Update: A representative for Armor has clarified that the press release quoted below was not issued in response to our previous story, but was written back in August "to highlight the positive trend i... More >>

• Scott Israel (Campaigningr) Calls for Investigation of Decade-Old BSO Hogtieing Death

  published Oct 16, 2012

  The motto of the Broward Sheriff's Office could be "if it's uncomfortable, don't talk about it." The death of an inmate by suicide, with plenty of warning signs, in a Broward jailr Silence. The f... More >>

• Left Hanging: There Were Warning Signs Aplenty Before Edward Crisante Jr. Hanged Himself in a Broward Jail

  published October 18, 2012

  Edward Crisante Jr., a depressive 32-year-old, turned himself in at the Broward Main Jail on June 29, 2010, after failing to appear in... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Edward Crisante Was Declared "Suicidal," But Jailers Left Him Alone in Cell to Commit Suicide

  published Oct 15, 2012

  Edward Crisante Jr., a depressive 32-year-old, turned himself in at the Broward Main Jail on June 29, 2010, after failing to appear in court on traffic charges. He left the jail four days later on a s... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Polo Mogul John Goodman Back in Jail After Allegedly Messing With Ankle Monitor

  published Oct 11, 2012

  This very rich purveyor of the world's wealthiest game just doesn't seem to want to accept his situation. When his car slammed into another, killing 23-year-old Scott Wilson late one night in February... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Fraudster Lee Ervin Dale Got Some More Names -- and Their Tax Refund Checks

  published Oct 10, 2012

  Having three first names would seem to be enough. Wrong. At least if you are Lee Ervin Dale, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, who has been charged with 14 counts of identity theft in his efforts to get other p... More >>

• Armor Correctional Health Faces Jailhouse Lawsuits as BSO's Provider of Medical Care

  published Oct 09, 2012

  Citizens in Milwaukee are revolting against their sheriff over poor health care in jails. Patients have serious untreated health-care needs, and the only services the jails provide is pulling teeth. S... More >>

• Digital Domain's John Textor: "I Lost My Job, Too"

  published Oct 05, 2012

  John Textor doesn't want to talk to the press."I don't trust any of you," he said to a reporter on a recent weekday afternoon, answering the door of his cloistered Hobe Sound house in a faded green po... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Supreme Court Justices Hear Lozman v. Riviera Beach, Ponder Floating Styrofoam Sofas

  published Oct 03, 2012

  A kooky South Florida story made the big time in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, as justices heard arguments in a case that will decide whether Fane Lozman's floating home -- targeted for r... More >>

• Here's How the Feds Busted David Feltenberger for Smuggling Turtles to China

  published Oct 02, 2012

  In October 2011, an undercover officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arrived at David Feltenberger's "Big Lake Fish Farm" in Okeechobee. Feltenberger was sentenced last week for conspiring t... More >>

• Edward Crisante Hung Himself in Jail; His Parents Are Suing Sheriff Lamberti

  published Oct 01, 2012

  Edward Crisante Jr. was, by his parents' account, struggling with depression at the age of 32 in July 2010. He was a Fort Lauderdale barber with multiple felony counts in his past, including many drug... More >>

• State Says Move to Close Thompson Academy "Had Nothing to Do With" Complaints of Abuse

  published Sep 28, 2012

  The state has decided not to renew its contract to house juvenile convicts at the privately run Thompson Academy. But officials from the Department of Juvenile Justice insist the move has absolutely n... More >>