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Publications

New Times Broward-Palm Beach

World

The Rise and Fall of Haitian Drug Lord Jacques Ketant

The difficulty of catching a “cocaine trafficker with his hands on the country’s levers of power.”

Kyle Swenson New Times Broward-Palm Beach May 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

Virginia Larzelere: Sentenced to Death for a Murder She Didn't Commit

How a series of lies and an incompetent lawyer led to a Florida woman’s wrongful conviction.

Terrence McCoy New Times Broward-Palm Beach Sep 2013 20min Permalink

Bash Your Neighbor Like It's 1300 A.D.

The author participates in the Society for Creative Anachronism’s “Crown Lyst, the twice-yearly event when knights will battle with ancient weapons and the victor will be named the new king.”

Kyle Swenson New Times Broward-Palm Beach Jul 2013 20min Permalink

Politics Sports World Media

From Basketball Bad Boy to Dubious Diplomat

A profile of Dennis Rodman today.

Terrence McCoy New Times Broward-Palm Beach May 2013 20min Permalink

Sports

Garrett Holeve, an MMA Fighter With Down Syndrome, Is on His Way to Changing the Sport

“At the gym, he’s not Garrett Holeve, the guy with Down syndrome. He’s G-Money, an up-and-coming fighter with big ambitions.”

Chris Sweeney New Times Broward-Palm Beach Dec 2012 15min Permalink

Crime

CIA Operatives, Barrels of Whiskey, and a Biker Named Thor

The story of Thor Holm Hansen—”Norwegian country singer, a former Outlaws motorcycle chieftain, and an ‘ambassador at large’ to a rebel Haitian government”—who claims to be back in Florida to locate his missing daughter.

Terrence McCoy New Times Broward-Palm Beach Feb 2013 20min Permalink

Business Crime

The Fake Pot Industry is Coming Down From a Three-Year High

The rise of the “wildly lucrative” herbal incense business, and the downfall of one company.

Chris Sweeney New Times Broward-Palm Beach Sep 2012 10min Permalink

Backyard Bloodbath

On the backyard wrestling clubs of South Florida.

Bob Norman New Times Broward-Palm Beach Apr 2001 15min Permalink