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Mario Ariza

Mario Ariza

Investigative Reporter at South Florida Sun Sentinel

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  • English
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  • Crime
  • Investigative Reporting
  • Local News

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The Surfside condo that collapsed was vulnerable to sinking earth, engineers say. Your house migh...

Just days after the collapse of the condo tower in Surfside, a little-known study emerged that the building had been sinking for years. The phenomena known as subsidence damages houses from Key West to Palm Beach. When it takes place unevenly, with one side of a building settling faster than the oth…
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How the Sun Sentinel investigated police K-9 use

The South Florida Sun Sentinel used Florida’s public records law over the past 10 months to compel Broward County’s six largest police departments to produce racial statistics on who their dogs bite.
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Hit-and-run driver in Boca Raton kills federal judge, hits boy, cla...

According to police, a driver struck and killed a New York federal judge in Boca Raton on Friday. The driver then drove away and hit a 6-year-old boy. She went on to crash her car in Delray Beach and told paramedics she was "Harry Potter," cops say.
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Mayor’s aide under investigation after widow alleges fraud

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are looking into allegations that Bina Fink, an aide to the mayor of Broward County, gained the trust of 60-year-old Carol Porter and conned her out of thousands of dollars, according to a police report obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Miles Of Florida Roads Face ‘Major Problem’ From Sea Rise. Is State...

There are already questions if the state has started too late and whether it can move fast enough to keep up with the rising water.
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Miles of Florida roads face ‘major problem’ from sea rise. Is state...

The Florida Department of Transportation is finally paying attention to the threat of sea level rise on its roads, but experts say they’re not moving fast enough. Special Report from the Florida Climate Reporting Network: 250 miles at risk by 2040.
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Right-wing ‘radical,’ arrested in FBI raid, hires free speech attor...

Paul Miller, 32, is known for his incendiary, right-wing presence online. His attorney says he should be judged according to the law, not his political or social positions.
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FBI swarms Fort Lauderdale neighborhood with terrorism task force

A squad of armored FBI agents converged on a quiet neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, arresting Paul Miller, 32, an avowed right-wing radical known for boasting about weapons and threatening violence.
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She was hired as an assassin, then she turned up dead in the Evergl...

It’s been just over a year since Brianne Slabaugh’s body turned up in the matted undergrowth of Everglades National Park, and nobody has given Michael Slabaugh, her father, a full accounting of his daughter’s last days.
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The gruesome secrets of the Florida Everglades: Here are five hideo...

From Bobby Kent to Marissa Karp, the most shocking murders in South Florida are often discovered in the River of Grass.
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Nephew of alleged Buffalo mob boss arrested in Fort Lauderdale

Pete Geraci Jr. is alleged to be a top figure in one of the nation’s most notorious mafia crime families. He, was arrested in Broward County after a federal grand jury in Buffalo, N.Y., indicted him on charges of bribing a DEA agent, drug dealing and sex trafficking.
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‘You guys need to send backup now!’ Listen to 911 audio from FBI sh...

For the FBI, the shootings in Sunrise marked the deadliest day for their agency since 9/11. But for residents, it was a terrifying wake-up call.
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Where is Noemi Bolivar? Woman, 21, disappeared four days ago after ...

Noemi Bolivar, a 21-year-old college graduate and Hollywood resident, went for a walk in the Ann Kolb Nature Center on Thursday evening. Her parents say she hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
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FBI went without SWAT team on deadly Sunrise raid; other cops would...

The nation’s top law enforcement agency does not require a SWAT team when serving warrants, even though local police departments like the Broward Sheriff’s Office do. Experts say it may have left Special Agents Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger vulnerable.
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How the FBI’s plan may have gone awry, leaving two agents dead

Former federal agents say the FBI task force assigned to carry out a search warrant Tuesday in Sunrise must have had a plan, and the plan must have gone terribly wrong.
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A smattering of protesters gather at Florida Capitol on inauguratio...

All was quiet Wednesday morning at the Florida Capitol, despite FBI warnings last week of possible violent protests.
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‘We are ready to fight and kill and die’; The Florida Capitol locks...

A heavy police presence was in place at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee on Sunday in anticipation of possible unrest during the run up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday, but only a handful of demonstrators appeared.
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Former Broward Health executive accused of $600,000 in kickbacks

Former Broward Health purchasing executive Brian Bravo faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted of steering plum contracts to his accomplices in a kickback scheme that netted him $600,000, vacations to Cancun and the Bahamas, and even a pair of World Cup tickets, prosecutors say.
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Can the Dolphins win this one? Former VP sues the team in federal c...

Ronald Katz, a former accountant, says the Dolphins treated him like a full-time employee but never paid him benefits. Now he wants the money.
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A romance, a spy caper and a lawsuit against Netflix — the story of...

Ana Maria Martinez is suing Netflix for defamation over her portrayal in the 2019 film "Wasp Network." The film dramatizes efforts by the Castro regime during the 1990s to infiltrate and spy on Cuban exile political groups in Miami.
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DeSantis spokesman resigns in same week as controversial COVID tweet

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial communications director has resigned. Fred Piccolo made national headlines after a highly criticized tweet about COVID victims. The next day, he deleted his personal Twitter account.