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NMBPD Press Release: Kidnapping/Sexual Battery

I just received an email from North Miami Beach Police Chief J. Scott Dennis to alert the community that there has been a kidnapping and rape in our city.  The Police Department is asking the…

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Charter Schools and the Miseducation of our Children

It seems like everyone these days is jumping on the charter school bandwagon.  Most people think that because I am a Republican, I would be a huge supporter of what has become a fashionable GOP…

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Re-brand This!

I got a call this morning from David Smith, the Hallandale Beach Blogger, who asked me if I saw Channel 10’s This Week in South Florida this morning (which I did not, but it’s online…

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NBC Miami: Suspect Arrested in Murder

Suspect Arrested in Murder of Man Who Tried To Break Up Fight at Baptism Party: North Miami Beach Police Louis Kenson Avril, 26, of North Miami faces several charges, police said By Edward B. Colby …

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WOO HOO! NMBPD featured in Bloomberg Businessweek article!

Features Beware of Gangsters Filing Tax Returns By David Wolman January 09, 2014 The white Cadillac on NE 167th Street in North Miami Beach had darkly tinted windows. In Florida opaque car windows are illegal,…

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Woofers, Tweeters and the Numbers Game

The North Miami Beach Police Department’s tweets commenced. Not on Monday, as Pattypan predicted: But, commenced

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HOLY CRAP STOP THE PRESSES!

UPDATE: At 1:03 pm, I received a press release from the NMBPD.  Click here. ———————————————————————————————- In less than an hour after I posted the column claiming that North Miami Beach is in dire need of…

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MIA: NMB PIO

I know that North Miami Beach has budget problems.  Everyone knows this.  The general employees know it.  The police employees know it.  The feral cats that hang around the back of the Public Works Department…

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Murder update. (NMBPD: Is anyone home?)

Contrary to the popular belief that these are “slow news times,” by now you probably know that North Miami Beach had its first murder of the year early this morning.  You also know that you…

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Breaking: Murder in North Miami Beach

Sources inside the NMB Police Department just advised me that there was a street brawl which resulted in a murder at approximately 4:00 this morning at Northeast 158 Street and 15 Avenue. Witnesses told police…

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