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Jackson Health System

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Ultra Music Festival Crime: 71 Arrested, 48 Charged With Felonies

    Whether they popped too many pills, knocked back too many Buds, or maybe even found a little "Molly" with Madonna, it was inevitable: A small portion of the blissed-out masses that packed Bayfront for Ultra Music Festival ended their weekend in a paddy wagon. Riptide has tracked down the arrest numb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Woman Run Over and Killed By Her Own Car in Miami Driveway

    ​For the second time in a matter of months a South Florida woman has been killed in after being run over by her own car. The latest incident happened Sunday around 11 p.m. in the 4200 block of Northwest Fourth Street in Miami according to The Miami Herald.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    One of the First Miami-Dade Babies of 2012 Was Born After Her Mom Tried to Run Down a Thief

    ​It figures that one of the first babies born in 2012 in Miami-Dade came into the world three weeks early because of a petty theft.Ana Johana Irias, 26, was using an ATM near Northwest 36th Street and 13th Avenue when a teenager drove by on a bike and snatched her $800 gold necklace from around he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    240 Jobs Cut at Jackson Health System

    Just in time for the holidays, the top brass at Jackson Health System have decided to cut 240 jobs from their rolls. That means 170 people are now out of work just weeks before the holiday season. The rest of the job cuts are made up by the elimination of unfilled positions. 

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Two Five-Year-Old Boys Struck by Stolen SUV During Police Chase

    via WSVNOne of the victims. ​A police chase almost turned tragic last night when the driver of a stolen SUV hit two young boys playing in front of their grandfather's house.The incident occurred last night near NW 39th Place in Miami Gardens. The suspect has stolen the vehicle and was driving at s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Man Hospitalized After Baby Mama Stabs Him At Work

    One very angry, armed and dangerous baby mama remains at large in Miami today, while the father of her child is at Jackson Memorial Hospital recovering from a stab wound. According to police, the man was working at the Shell gas station near Northwest Seventh Avenue and 54th Street when th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    One Killed, One Injured in Liberty City Shooting

    ​This past Sunday afternoon in Liberty City, suspects began shooting at two men inside a silver Nissan. The bullets left DeRon Woody dead and Greg Roberts injured. The suspects then fled in a black Buick sedan.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    1981: Miami's Deadliest Summer

    ​Thirty years ago today, the Miami-Dade morgue had more dead bodies than it could handle. So to keep the surplus cadavers on ice, the medical examiner's office rented a refrigerated truck. The $800-a-month rental was a symbol of Miami's ignominious distinction as the nation's murder capital, large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2011

    New York City Cop Shot On South Beach, Police Still Looking For Suspects

    photo by chensiyuan via Wikimedia Commons​An off-duty New York City police officer was shot on South Beach outside a ritzy beach resort early this morning, police say. Miami Beach detectives have shut down Collins Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets today while they search for whomever shot the o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Lazaro Bernabeu Stabbed His Wife to Death, Then Took His Daughter Hostage

    ​A tense standoff between a SWAT team and a man who fatally stabbed his wife came to an end after police successfully apprehended the suspect.Lazaro Bernabeu, 49, is believed to have stabbed his common-law wife, Eileen Lozano, 32, multiple times following a dispute this morning. The man has a long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Sean Kingston Reportedly Walking Again After Jet Ski Crash

    ​More than a week after a traumatic Jet Ski accident near the MacArthur Causeway that left Sean Kingston in the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, TMZ reports that the "Beautiful Girls" singer is expected to make a full recovery and is even able to walk again on his own.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Two Wounded, One Killed In Assault Rifle Ambush in Liberty City

    ​Miami police are looking for multiple gunmen with assault rifles who attacked a group in Liberty City early this morning, leaving one man dead and two seriously wounded.Dean Nathan Young, who was 45 years old, died shortly after he and two others were "ambushed" on the front lawn of a home on NW ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Ricardo Orta Jr. Shot by Miami Police in Little Havana (Update)

    ​A City of Miami Police officer has shot and wounded a suspect in Little Havana. Ricardo Orta Jr., a 19-year-old, is in stable condition this morning at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The shooting happened outside a dollar store in the strip mall near NW 14th Avenue and West Flagler Street around 6 p. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Road Rage Leads to Shooting in Miami Gardens

    ​The roads of Miami-Dade are an asphalt hell full of asshole drivers. It's simply a fact, and sometimes someone might cut us off. Sometimes such an incident might even devolve into a roadside confrontation, but it really is not a good idea to bring guns into the equation. A man has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Feverish's Felecia Hatcher on Gaming and Ice Cream Sandwiches

    Annette Peikert/soulofmiami.comFelecia Hatcher is a Palm Beach native, former Wii slinger, and a true ice cream lover. She and her husband Derick Pearson co-own Feverish one of the longest running "food" trucks in the area, selling frozen desserts. They just introduced six new Feverish carts around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Man Dies in Car Crash After Hitting Car Traveling Wrong Way Down MacArthur Causeway

    ​Traffic was snarled this morning in downtown after a man died in a car crash after his car was hit by another vehicle traveling the wrong way down the MacArthur Causeway. The accident happened at about 3:20 a.m. when 22-year-old Omar Bravo was driving westward on the eastbound lanes of the major ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Dada 5000 Fights at FIU Campus, Announces End of Backyard Fights

    Andy HernandezDada 5000 gears up for second fight.​Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, is back in the MMA ring this Saturday night. The Perrine Spartan is the second headline match for the Mixed Fighting Alliance's event at the U.S. Century Bank Arena located in the south campus of Florida International ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Mother, Son Fatally Stabbed in Gruesome Murder

    ​A mother and her adult son were fatally stabbed Wednesday night during a domestic dispute in a West Miami Dade home. The killer then turned the knife on himself but survived. When police arrived shortly after 7 p.m. at a home on 133rd Place and Southwest 58th Terrace, they found a gruesome scene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Two Miami-Dade Cops Killed In Liberty City Shootout, Several Others Wounded (Update)

    ​An attempt by local police and U.S. Marshals to serve an arrest warrant on a murder suspect in Liberty City turned into a violent shootout this morning, leaving multiple officers injured -- and two dead in the line of duty. Officer Roger Castillo died on the scene during the gun battle outside a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Corrections Officer Ciara Lee and Two-Year-Old Son Shot Dead in Bullet Rampage

    via Facebook​Ciara Lee, 24, and her two-year-old son were the victims of an all-out assault by high-powered rifle. Police say their home in the Victory Homes housing project in Model City was riddled with bullets shortly after 1 a.m. Lee had worked as a corrections officer at the South Florida Rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Naked Man Tasered After Shooting DEP Officer in the Hands

    ​A bizarre incident this morning involving a Florida Department of Environmental Protection officer and an apparently naked suspect ended up with the officer taking bullets to his hand while the au natural suspect was Tasered.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    New Times Cleans Up in Green Eyeshades

    ​Miami New Times cleaned up in the nondaily division of the 60th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards, which determine the best work in 11 Southeastern States. Former staff writer Natalie O'Neill took a first place in investigative reporting for "Piece of Mind," a probe of suicides and other problems at t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Former Cuban Political Prisoner Ariel Sigler Improving, Expects to Walk Again

    ​Cuban dissident Ariel Sigler Amaya is recovering slowly but successfully from his seven-and-a-half-year stint in a Castro prison.Sigler, 46, began physical therapy last week at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He remains rail-thin and wheelchair-bound but is already visibly healthier than when he first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Yankier Crespo Arrested For Shooting A Man In The Neck In West Miami

    via Miami Dade CorrectionsYankier Crespo faces a charge of second-degree attempted murder.​Just after 10 this morning, a 32-year-old Cuban immigrant named Yankier Crespo got into a fight with another man riding in his black Camry. The yelling turned into a fistfight, and the men spilled out onto S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Four-Year-Old Dies After Shooting Himself in Head

    ​In today's roundup of the travesties and tragedies of South Florida: A 4-year-old boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the head, a police officer shoots and kills a man during a traffic stop, the search for a missing boater has turned into a homicide investigation, and a teen dies o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Donating an Organ in Florida Shouldn't be so Hard, "Kidney Matchmaker" Says

    Johnniekake via Flicker CC​Chaya Lipschutz is a 52-year-old Orthodox Jew with a peculiar passion: Being a "kidney matchmaker." If you're in need of an organ, or you're looking to give yours to a stranger, she's your girl. She's sort of the Patti Stranger of the altruistic set. Lipschutz doesn't m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Study: When it Comes to Gay Discrimination, Miami Hospitals Are Behind the Times

    Let's say, for argument's sake, you are a big dumb homophobe. If you happen to work at a hospital in Miami-Dade, you should totally celebrate! You're free to give gay parents the boot, turn away transgender folks, and block life partners from their dying loved ones. Reckon you found the right count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Motorcyclist Who Hit Bicyclist Had Been Drinking, Cops Say

    The motorcyclist who hit a bicyclist near the Soyka complex Tuesday night had been drinking, according to police reports. Silvana Wallinger, age 33, was driving a Yamaha motorcycle northbound on NE 4th Court and 54th Street, when she hit Pichardo Dearmas. The 52 year-old was on a Huffy bicycle, mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Murder Miami Style: Three Shot, One Dead in Design District Attack

    Three men were shot and one killed on NW 44th Street early this morning, just a few blocks from the trendy heart of the Design District.Around 1 a.m., two men walked up to a house at 40 NW 40th St. and sprayed the three victims with bullets before fleeing the scene, says Det. William Moreno, a spoke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Scooterist Dies in Hit-and-Run on Causeway as Witnesses Drive By

    Twenty-one-year-old Geraldo Pagano of Orlando was driving his scooter over the wet and rainy 79th Street Causeway just before midnight yesterday when he lost control. He fell to the ground but managed to pick himself up. Then a gray four-door Kia hit him, sending Pagano and the scooter flying into t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Murder Miami Style: Maybe the NE Second Avenue Shooting Wasn't Just a Random Crime

    Gregory Poux was killed around the corner from New Times at the Windwood car wash on Northeast Second Avenue last night. The 34 year old who lived up the street in Little Haiti was shot multiple times, then died at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The Herald and cops portrayed the death as tragic. He care ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Anet's Baked Goods Sells Colombian Antojitos in Miami

    Jacob KatelArepa De Carne. Anet's Baked Goods is a Colombian antojitos specialist owned and operated by Anet Marin. He says "I sell baked goods," but he doesn't cook them, he's got people to do that for him. The goods come from Los Tres Monitos, a restaurant in Hialeah. Anet started supplementing hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    The volunteer lobbyist

    Jacob KatelArepa De Carne. Anet's Baked Goods is a Colombian antojitos specialist owned and operated by Anet Marin. He says "I sell baked goods," but he doesn't cook them, he's got people to do that for him. The goods come from Los Tres Monitos, a restaurant in Hialeah. Anet started supplementing hi ... More >>

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    Nastie's Nice

    Infamous rock promoter hits the airwaves for a locals-only radio show.

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    117 Dead

    Since 2000, dozens have died in county jails. Poor medical care has contributed to the problem.

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Moldy Christmas

    "They’re throwing us out two weeks before Christmas"

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of August 25, 2005

    Condo fantasies, disappearing nurses, and boogers as art

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Disappearing Nurses

    My family's harrowing experience at Jackson Memorial Hospital

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2004

    Boneyard Boogie

    My family's harrowing experience at Jackson Memorial Hospital

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Doctors and Deadbeats

    Jackson Memorial Hospital's foreign patients owe the county more than $85 million

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2003

    A Sweet Suite

    Fruits and nuts frolic for the holidays

  • Calendar

    June 14, 2001

    Picture Old Florida

    Old Florida Landmarks

  • Finest Foods

    May 17, 2001

    Best Burrito

    Los Tres Amigos

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Don't Tell, Don't Ask

    A teenager born with HIV was never told of her status until it was too late. How this happened, and why, is now a matter of national debate.

  • Dining

    June 1, 2000

    Dish

    Tilapia Posing as Grouper Posing as Mahi-Mahi

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Letters

    Tilapia Posing as Grouper Posing as Mahi-Mahi

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Bruce Kaplan's Big Heart

    Tilapia Posing as Grouper Posing as Mahi-Mahi

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    Incarceration Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

    When he was booked into the Dade County Jail, Earl Cole was a sick man. Not for long.

  • News

    October 30, 1991

    Shooting Star

    As half of the local rap duo Young & Restless, Charles Trahan is talented and popular. But he isn't bulletproof.

  • News

    August 21, 1991

    Letters

    As half of the local rap duo Young & Restless, Charles Trahan is talented and popular. But he isn't bulletproof.

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