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The Widow and the Nurse, Part Two

When Bridget Garcia told police that her boss' son had raped her, they barely listened. This is her story.

By Robert Andrew Powell
Aug 31, 2000

For nearly two years, Aventura widow Regina Greenhill expressed nothing but praise for her former aide, Bridget Garcia. Bridget, a certified nursing assistant, had treated the 87-year-old Regina with great care, spending every day of the week cooking her meals, driving her around town, and allowing her to live an...
The Widow and the Nurse

Part one: an intense bond between an aging widow and her nurse. Suspicious sons. Allegations of manipulation and rape. Stay tuned.

By Robert Andrew Powell
Aug 24, 2000

Regina Greenhill is a wealthy Jewish widow. A stroke victim, she lives alone in a condominium tower, just across a parking lot from Aventura Mall. Bridget Garcia is a working-class black native of the U.S. Virgin Islands. For nearly two years, Bridget worked as Regina's private nurse, spending up to...
Rick Sanchez Godless Communist

In the ultimate Channel 7 report, the news team discovers a Cuban double agent in our midst.

By Robert Andrew Powell
Jun 1, 2000

Cue the giant whooshing sound. Add a bombastic voice-over, a flashing graphic, some dynamic music. Cut to a man and a woman sitting behind a curved gray desk inside a vast room. In the background: video monitors, red railings, the bobbing heads of lackeys answering telephones. Dark-haired female: Good evening,...
Tale of the Ticket

The Gold Cup was a lot of fun, if you like riots

By Robert Andrew Powell
Feb 24, 2000

Can I see your tickets?" asks the woman, dressed head to toe in red and blue, the colors of the Haitian flag. She stands in an aisle at the Orange Bowl with two similarly festooned friends. They hold tickets entitling them to sit in seats occupied by three men rooting...
A Family Portrait

Meet Luis and José Cid, Elian Gonzalez's cousins, just a couple of good, old-fashioned American criminals

By Lissette Corsa, Jim DeFede and Robert Andrew Powell
Jan 20, 2000

The scene outside Elian Gonzalez's Little Havana home was rather subdued this past Saturday afternoon. A few network news crews staked out the house from a neighbor's yard, huddled around a television set atop a milk crate, watching an NFL playoff game. In the street a stream of cars drove...

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