Crime & Police

As the Coast Guard officers approached the Joe Cool, they should have heard voices. Instead they were greeted with silence.

John Connolly didn’t look dangerous sitting there in Room 7-3 of the Miami-Dade County Courthouse alongside the carjackers, rapists, and robbers. No, Connolly looked exactly like what he was: a short, stocky 66-year-old guy in handcuffs. His wide face was puffy and red, as if his blood pressure were a…

Something, or someone, failed Jarvis. Maybe it was the social worker assigned to visit the family, or maybe it was his mother who couldn’t keep him off the street. Or maybe it was Jarvis himself, a headstrong boy who tried to become a man too quickly.