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Insult to Injury

Some ex-deputies say BSO treated them like damaged goods after they got hurt on the job

By Jim Gaines
Jul 11, 2002

Erin Brown grew up in an Irish cop family. One brother, a sister, and three cousins all work for the Broward Sheriff's Office. Her father, Don O'Brien, retired from BSO in 1995. And a career in law enforcement was all that the freckled redhead wanted for herself. Two years out...
Fort Nowhere

In which New Times sets out to find the roots of a rootless burg

By Jim Gaines
Apr 25, 2002

A few crusty lead balls, flint chips, and yellowed shards of pottery occupy a glass display case on the second floor of the Broward County Main Library. The fragments are less impressive than the colorful maps that accompany them but just as important. A caption says these pieces, part of...
Old-School Psychic

Miss Cleo is neither Jamaican nor a shaman, but she is a Catholic schoolgirl

By Jim Gaines
Apr 4, 2002

Miss Cleo's act is based on mystery. The pseudoshaman, shilling for her Fort Lauderdale bosses, dons exotic dress to sit in a cloud of smoldering incense, enticing callers to avail themselves of her self-professed fortunetelling powers. Millions have fallen for her pitch, and many thousands have complained that they didn't...
The Enforcer

John Garon may be a partial quadriplegic, but he wields federal civil-rights lawsuits with consummate skill

By Jim Gaines
Feb 28, 2002

It's hard to operate a steering wheel when your hands don't work, but years of practice let John Garon turn his ten-year-old white Ford van by shoving on an attached knob. He presses on an array of levers to work the gas, brakes, and signals as he slowly circles Tri-County...
Fly Free

The Sunshine State's busiest animal hospital aims to spread its wings

By Jim Gaines
Jan 31, 2002

Turkey vultures are big: more than two feet long, with a wingspan of up to six feet. They need a lot of room -- especially when they're learning to fly. But the black-feathered bird with the bare red head that's been at the Wildlife Care Center in Fort Lauderdale since...

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