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The Cohen Cast of Characters

By Arthur Jay Harris
Dec 17, 1998

Jon Spear: Retired Miami homicide detective who, in 1993, reportedly expressed doubts about the hit-man theory. Gail Bright: Channel 10 crime reporter who recently revealed that Spear had expressed those doubts. Mario Hernandez: Bright's Channel 10 cameraman. Stanley Cohen: Millionaire builder murdered March 7, 1986, in his Coconut Grove mansion...
The Imperfect Murder

Stanley Cohen's wife went to prison for arranging to have him killed. Years later a Miami journalist reveals a secret. Now the entire case may be unraveling.

By Arthur Jay Harris
Dec 17, 1998

Miami homicide detective Jon Spear pointed at the video camera and asked, "Is that thing off?" In a fenced area just outside Miami Police Department headquarters, in November 1993, WPLG-TV (Channel 10) reporter Gail Bright and cameraman Mario Hernandez were winding up an interview about one of Miami's most notorious...
He Did a Job on the Mob

During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

By Arthur Jay Harris
Apr 23, 1998

The doorbell of the modest waterfront house on Biscayne Point plays an electronic jingle beginning "My Country 'Tis of Thee." High camp, but not for Mel Richard. And not because he's been a politician most of his life, but because he's never lost the idealism of his youth. I've been...

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