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U.S. Coast Guard

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    600 Pounds of Pot and Hash Intercepted From Boat Off Coast of Miami

    A 15-foot boat carrying roughly 600 pounds of marijuana and hashish was oh so close to smuggling the product into Miami on Sunday. The boat was cruising westbound toward our coast when it was spotted by a Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    John Stirling, Canadian Busted With 800 Lbs of Coke, Tells FBI "There's Nothing Wrong With Cocaine Trafficking"

    ​A tip for all you would-be cocaine kingpins: When the FBI catches you off the coast of Colombia with more than 800 pounds of yeyo stashed in your boat, do not argue that "there is nothing wrong with cocaine trafficking." That's exactly the tact John Philip Stirling, a 60-year-old Canadian captain ... More >>

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    August 2, 2011

    Coast Guard Recovers $180 Million in Cocaine From Sunken Submarine in Caribbean

    via USCG​The U.S. Coast Guard caught a submarine carrying $180 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean last month. While subs have been used for years to smuggle the white stuff on the West Coast, this is the first time the Coast Guard has intercepted a self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel ru ... More >>

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    April 7, 2011

    Dead Calm, for Real

    via USCG​The U.S. Coast Guard caught a submarine carrying $180 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean last month. While subs have been used for years to smuggle the white stuff on the West Coast, this is the first time the Coast Guard has intercepted a self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Pictures of the Hialeah Motel Room Where a Toddler Was Found in His Own Filth

    ​More details continue to emerge in the disturbing and sad case of 2-and-half-year-old Elijah Collins, the boy who was found not breathing in a motel room with feces, urine, a dead animal, and other filth. The boy's parents -- Vincent Collins, 25, and Savannah Sholter, 21 -- remain behind bar ... More >>

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    July 15, 2010

    Blood and Body Parts

    ​More details continue to emerge in the disturbing and sad case of 2-and-half-year-old Elijah Collins, the boy who was found not breathing in a motel room with feces, urine, a dead animal, and other filth. The boy's parents -- Vincent Collins, 25, and Savannah Sholter, 21 -- remain behind bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Florida Drunk Man Floats a Mile Off Shore on Pool Raft

    ​Being super drunk and floating off of Florida's beaches on an inflatable raft is a time-honored tradition. It sums up Florida perfectly. Seriously, they should replace that ship on our state seal with a drunk old guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt passed out on a neon-pink raft.Unfortunately, even some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Don't Panic! (Yet) Those Tar Balls In Key West Didn't Come From The BP Oil Spill

    As you can see above, a pretty solid freak-out hit Duval Street yesterday when upwards of 50 tar balls turned up in the ocean and on beaches around Key West. But not to worry! Turns out these floating blobs of disgusting petroleum didn't come from the massive BP gusher in the Gulf. Which is, we gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Tar Balls May Be a False Alarm, But Oil Could Still Reach Keys by Sunday

    US Coast GuardThe world's most famous tar balls​Twenty tar balls washed up on the shores of Key West today, but because sometimes tar balls occur naturally, and other times they're the product of those less dramatic, everyday ways we pollute our oceans (i.e., the shipping industry), it won't be kn ... More >>

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    May 6, 2010

    Temperance Tantrum

    US Coast GuardThe world's most famous tar balls​Twenty tar balls washed up on the shores of Key West today, but because sometimes tar balls occur naturally, and other times they're the product of those less dramatic, everyday ways we pollute our oceans (i.e., the shipping industry), it won't be kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Humpback Whale in Distress in Biscayne Bay

    via Wiki CommonsAn adult humpback whale, though not the one caught in the Bay​There's a humpback whale in Biscayne Bay off Bear Cut, possibly in distress. The U.S. Coast Guard believe he could be caught in a rope attached to an anchor. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    News Roundup: Dolphins Just Cold Ignoring Jason Taylor

    An early morning crash between an SUV and a Nissan Maxima filled with five men has sent all of the Nissan's passengers to the hospital after the car flipped. The driver and a passenger in the SUV took off on foot and have not been found. [CBS4]A house in Miami was sprayed with bullets last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    News Roundup: Miami Murder Suspect Found Dead in Fort Pierce

    88 Haitians found trying to reach America in a 50-ft sail boat were returned by the Coast Guard. [CBS4]The body of a 21-year-old man wanted for murder in Miami was found dead in a field near Fort Pierce next to the body of his 35-year-old girlfriend. [Herald]A female student at South Dade Senior Hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    News Roundup: It Dropped Below 50 Degrees, Emergency!

    The Coast Guard called off the search for two boaters who went missing of the coast. [NBCMiami]It got really really cold yesterday, how cold was it? Apparently cold enough to warrant this long article. [Herald]Kool & the Gang performed in Cuba on Saturday. Our apologies to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    News Roundup: Forgetful Grandmother Charged in Baby's Death

    The grandmother who accidently left a 3-month-old baby in a car to die is being charged with aggravated manslaughter. Temperatures in the car reached 134 degrees. [PBPost]She's out on a $10,000 bond. [CBS4]Five Miami-Dade high schools make a national list of the 100 best high schools. [Herald]A crui ... More >>

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    November 19, 2009

    Take Me to the River

    The grandmother who accidently left a 3-month-old baby in a car to die is being charged with aggravated manslaughter. Temperatures in the car reached 134 degrees. [PBPost]She's out on a $10,000 bond. [CBS4]Five Miami-Dade high schools make a national list of the 100 best high schools. [Herald]A crui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    News Roundup

    Amongst other changes, Mayor-elect Regalado plans to start talking about Cuba and Venezuela more. Right after he fixes those potholes and fires Chief Timoney I presume. [Herald]The Coast Guard will unload nearly 5 tons of Cocaine in Miami (or roughly a New Year's Eve worth for SoBe partying) today. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Mini Lobsters Kill 4

    Amongst other changes, Mayor-elect Regalado plans to start talking about Cuba and Venezuela more. Right after he fixes those potholes and fires Chief Timoney I presume. [Herald]The Coast Guard will unload nearly 5 tons of Cocaine in Miami (or roughly a New Year's Eve worth for SoBe partying) today. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Weekly News Wrapup - Cocaine, Soulless Stuffed Animals and Perez Hilton

    Amongst other changes, Mayor-elect Regalado plans to start talking about Cuba and Venezuela more. Right after he fixes those potholes and fires Chief Timoney I presume. [Herald]The Coast Guard will unload nearly 5 tons of Cocaine in Miami (or roughly a New Year's Eve worth for SoBe partying) today. ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    High-Wire Hunt

    He climbed. He saw. He hasn't yet conquered the mystery of his missing brother.

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Breakin' the Law

    Miami resorts to threatening the feds in order to keep its secrets

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    X Marks the Crosswalk

    Miami resorts to threatening the feds in order to keep its secrets

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    The Greenpeace Effect

    Environmental advocates claim they just want loggers to play by the rules. But Brazilian mahogany barons, local lumber lords, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Port of Miami all want these tree-huggers stopped

  • News

    October 23, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of October 23, 2003

    Environmental advocates claim they just want loggers to play by the rules. But Brazilian mahogany barons, local lumber lords, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Port of Miami all want these tree-huggers stopped

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    The High Cost of Homeland Defense

    Thanks to generous taxpayers like you, Miami's top Coast Guard officer has a very swanky address

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Maritime Vigilantes

    South Florida citizens take homeland defense into their own hands with Operation On Guard

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Little Goes A Long Way

    Immigration attorney Cheryl Little spent years banging her head against INS bureaucracy, until a Haitian boat cracked it open

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Sail Away and Stay and Stay

    Ramon Saul Sanchez's Democracy Movement unveils a new twist on the venerable sit-in protest: The float-in

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    In Too Deep

    Four years ago a dangerous chemical tanker ran aground in Biscayne National Park. The salvage operation that followed would go down in history.

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Cash Cargo

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Your Pain Is His Pain

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Life in the Echo Chamber

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    TV Land

    Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    The Smuggler as Savior

    Juan Garcia Pino was obeying a higher law when he rescued nineteen family members fleeing Cuba. But a more mundane law ruined everything.

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    Captain Courageous

    Miami's notoriously dirty, crime-ridden river is flowing a little cleaner these days thanks to Coast Guard Capt. Dave Miller

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    Shape Up and Ship Out

    It's an eyesore and a hazard and its owner has thumbed his nose at everyone. Yet you may pay good money for it.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    Urban Shipwreck, Part 2

    The further misadventures of the Rex Bear -- or what's left of it

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    A New Kind of Old Heave-Ho

    For one local gay Coast Guardsman, military justice was not an oxymoron

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    Urban Shipwreck

    Local, state, and federal authorities have been trying for years to dislodge the Rex Bear from the Miami River, but it simply won't budge

  • News

    September 5, 1996

    It's All Downhill from Here

    Amazing things can happen when you bring together a vessel, a vehicle, and one very slippery boat ramp

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Bahama Trauma

    Miami kayaker Miguel Hernandez was having the time of his life on a solo voyage to Cuba -- until a multinational team of drug cops crashed the party

  • News

    October 19, 1995

    Cuba Bound

    Key West to Havana is a grand tradition, a boater's delight, and a lively tourist adventure. Bon voyage!

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    Water Under the Bridge

    For more than two decades, Jim Wellington has marked the ebb and flow of the Miami River with a Zen master's eye

  • News

    August 25, 1995

    Causeway and Defect

    Venetian Islands residents complain that the county has sent their causeway on the road to ruin

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    Who Cut the Cheese?

    A year after a UM research vessel ran aground on a protected reef, a persistent odor lingers

  • News

    February 17, 1993

    The Look of a Warrior

    Tony Bryant is a black militant, a hijacker, a survivor of Cuban prisons, and a Castro-hating commando. And don't you forget it.

  • News

    June 17, 1992

    The Ships Hit the Fan

    Corri Barrs says there's something you should know about the garbage that's washing up on the shores of Matheson Hammock

  • News

    July 3, 1991

    As Long As it Floats

    Corri Barrs says there's something you should know about the garbage that's washing up on the shores of Matheson Hammock

  • News

    July 4, 1990

    Rafters

    Balseros and their makeshift rafts have become as much a symbol of Cuban culture as lechon, arroz con frijoles, and the Havana spleef

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