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Teens Complain of Beatings and Humiliation at Boot-Camp

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | December 13, 2004

On a boy's first night at Growing Together, a boot camp-style drug treatment center for adolescents in Lake Worth, Fla., he says he got a visit from "The Naked Crusader." A New Times investigation discovered that physical and sexual abuse are common there.

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Tags: sexual assault, masturbate, straight, Barry Lane Beyerstein, Department of Children and Families, Executive Director Pat Allard, millionaire Mel Sembler, Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office, Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, psychiatrists Miller Newton and George Ross, tough love

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A South Florida Muslim Leader Refused to Be a Snitch, So the Feds Tried to Destroy Himnew

The FBI's intense efforts to pressure Imam Foad Farahi into becoming an informant reveal the government's desperation to infiltrate local Muslim communities. His battle with the government is not only daring but also unusual.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Trevor Aaronson | 10-13-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Foad Farahi, terrorism, Muslims, FBI

Too Dumb to Dienew

Kevin Moore's case raises questions about executing the mentally disabled.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Trevor Aaronson | 04-21-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: death penalty, mental illness, executions, crime & justice

Buy My Rock!new

Jon Jacobs wants to use virtual real estate to become a millionaire.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Trevor Aaronson | 08-08-2006 | Business & Labor

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How a Dangerous New Drug Killed a Florida Teennew

Death of a Boca Raton teen launches an investigation into NBOMe, an LSD-like synthetic drug

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Kyle Swenson | 10-07-2014 | Drugs

A Broken Family System Leads to a Kidnappingnew

Photos of a baby with Confederate flags and guns couldn't persuade a court to prevent a kidnapping.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Kyle Swenson | 08-15-2014 | Features

Tags: Megan Everett, Robert Baumann

Dear New York Times, Alt-Weeklies are Decidedly Not "Over"new

For some reason, media writers in the past couple of years have been throwing shade at alt-weeklies specifically. Are alt-weeklies struggling financially? Yes -- but so is almost every media property in this country that's not funded by a billionaire.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Deirdra Funcheon | 03-07-2014 | Media