Email Author Tristram Korten

2001 Stories by Tristram Korten

• Double Exposure

  published July 12, 2001

  At 6:00 p.m. this past April 26, NBC 6's stern-faced anchors Jennifer Valoppi and Tony Segreto greeted viewers... More >>

• Taking Heat

  published June 14, 2001

  About eight months ago, Miami Police Lt. Israel Gonzalez was sitting in his office at the department's downtown headquarters when his boss, Maj.... More >>

• South Beach as Thug Central

  published June 7, 2001

  A month ago Miami Beach city planners sat down and soberly mapped out their vision for the future of South Beach, specifically the Lincoln Road... More >>

• A Bullet Dodged

  published May 24, 2001

  Two weeks ago the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust met in a closed-door session to hear evidence that Hialeah Police Chief... More >>

• Under Fire

  published May 3, 2001

  At 7:00 p.m. on April 10, a crowd of well-heeled residents gathered in the Key Biscayne Village Hall. Impeccably tanned women and men in pressed... More >>

• We're Doing God's Work...

  published April 26, 2001

  If you are one of Miami-Dade County's homeless, you might have heard about St.... More >>

• A Farewell to Art

  published April 5, 2001

  Frank Stella's design for a bandshell to be erected adjacent to the More >>

• They Got Sammy

  published March 29, 2001

  From the porch of Toby's Market, Sweetcakes can all but see his neighborhood vanish like the swampland it once was. "That house right there," he... More >>

• The Secondary Education of Shawn Lewis

  published March 15, 2001

  As revelers inside Krave Nightclub frolicked away a Friday evening two weeks ago, the party was crashed by agents with the state's Division of... More >>

• Strange Case of the Misplaced Murders

  published March 8, 2001

  Sitting in his third-floor office at the Miami Beach Police Department's sleek curves-and-glass headquarters on Washington Avenue, the ocean... More >>

• Under Suspicion

  published March 1, 2001

  In mid-1998 a handful of federal agents and Miami detectives filed into a room at the FBI's Miami field office for their regular morning briefing.... More >>

• Goon Over Miami, Part 4

  published February 8, 2001

  Chris Paciello, deposed dark prince of South Beach nightclubs, shocked many people when he pleaded guilty this past October to racketeering,... More >>

• The Manager's Many Friends

  published January 25, 2001

  While introducing Steve Shiver as his choice for county manager, Mayor Alex Penelas repeatedly referred to the 34-year-old Homestead mayor's... More >>

• Daddy's Little Helpers

  published January 11, 2001

  In the spirit of the holidays, Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños, Sr., wanted a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for his family. Who... More >>