Jay Weaver, Tampa Bay Times

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Past articles by Jay:

Trial begins Monday for Miami-based ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. Will he testify?

Tarrio and four other senior members of the white nationalist group will stand trial in federal court in Washington, D.C. → Read More

Supreme Court prospect Brown Jackson was ‘star in the making’ at her Florida high school

While the White House hasn’t announced a short list for the seat being vacated by Justice Stephen Breyer, Ketanji Brown Jackson is considered a leading contender. → Read More

Death toll grows to 12 at collapsed Surfside condo; 149 remain missing

While only a dozen deaths are confirmed, officials expect that number to continue to rise. → Read More

Crews search for 10 Cuban migrants missing in boat tragedy off Key West

More Cubans are risking their lives to flee the island nation after the coronavirus pandemic wrecked its economy. → Read More

Florida woman threatened to kill Kamala Harris in videos, agents say

The Secret Service says the threats against the vice president were discovered when the Miami nurse sent the videos to her husband in prison. → Read More

Feds seize more than 300 kilos of cocaine in throwback bust at South Florida airport

Two of the people arrested are officers with the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department and have been on the force since 2016, authorities said. → Read More

Rapper Lil Wayne pleads guilty to Florida gun charge (it was a gold-plated pistol)

The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, but it’s likely he’ll get far less time than that. → Read More

Florida judge on Trump short list helped give GOP key legal win. Should she have recused?

Barbara Lagoa’s role in ruling on state’s felon voting law has outraged some Democrats and advocates for ex-felons. → Read More

He bought a Lamborghini after getting a $4 million PPP loan. Now he faces a fraud charge.

The South Florida man was arrested Friday. → Read More

American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging jet may have terrorist ties, officials say

The 60-year-old veteran airline employee told investigators he was upset that union contract negotiations had stalled. → Read More

Opa-locka gets failing grades on financial recovery from state auditor general

A state auditor general has given Opa-locka’s administrators failing grades, citing 99 issues of government mismanagement and incompetence that generated questionable costs and avoidable losses of $5 million. → Read More

Pharma exec who destroyed own firm and Puerto Rico bank sentenced to 30 years

Jack Kachkar, a 56-year-old former Key Biscayne businessman who headed a pharmaceutical company, was convicted of financial fraud and sentenced to 30 years by a Miami federal judge. → Read More

The labels said ‘sporting goods,’ but the parcels held assault rifles and grenades

A Florida couple’s shipment of 2 cardboard packages prompted Homeland Security Investigations’ collaboration with Argentine authorities, which led to the seizure of 5,300 weapons, mostly in Argentina, feds say. → Read More

Two Miami cops found guilty of protecting drug dealers, now face long prison terms

A federal jury late Friday found two Miami cops guilty of participating in a drug-protection racket that was actually an FBI sting targeting corruption in the police department. → Read More

Thousands of guns, grenades mailed to South America are seized in crackdown on Florida ring

The vast majority of the weapons smuggled out of South Florida, including more than 2,500 AR-15 rifles, handguns and grenades, were confiscated in Argentina in that country’s largest illegal firearms haul ever, Homeland Security Investigations officials said. → Read More

For fleecing food program for poor kids, Miami duo get prison and must repay millions

A federal judge incarcerated Sandra Ruballo for 10 years and ordered her to repay $26 million to the government, and then sentenced Carlos Montoya to eight years and ordered him to pay back $13 million. → Read More

Cop witness in middle of Miami police sting takes the heat at trial

Catina Anderson messed up plenty as a Miami cop. But after flipping for the feds and claiming to go straight, the 12-year police veteran became an asset in her starring role in an FBI undercover investigation. → Read More

Paraguayan extradited to Miami for key role in huge money laundering schemes, feds say

Paraguayan businessman Nader Mohamad Farhat accused of money laundering for drug traffickers and other criminals with suspected links to terrorist group Hezbollah was extradited to Miami to face charges in the US. → Read More

Miami cop standing trial admits in FBI statement that he helped protect dopers

Miami police officer James Archibald, who is standing trial with a fellow cop on federal charges of protecting drug traffickers, admitted that he helped undercover investigators posing as dopers move two coolers full of cocaine from a marina to a couple of local hotels, according to the officer’s FBI statement. → Read More

Snitches’ brazen bribery scheme could backfire on them in Miami drug case

Two convicted Colombians are suspected of plotting to pay from $1 million to $10 million to encourage the last of 10 defendants in a massive Miami cocaine case to go to trial so they can testify against her and gain a sentence reduction from federal prosecutors. → Read More