David J. Neal

Miami, ground zero in the United States for the Brazilian butt lift, the mommy makeover, breast enlargement and other plastic surgery specialties — has achieved another distinction: It is home to a cottage industry of illegally operating recovery centers for post-op patients who need to hunker down and heal, sometimes for days.

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Florida underground plastic surgery post-op industry thrives, challenges cops

November 2, 2023 at 12:52 p.m.

Miami, ground zero in the United States for the Brazilian butt lift, the mommy makeover, breast enlargement and other plastic surgery specialties — has achieved another distinction: It is home...

Owners of an Orlando Giordano’s Pizza had to pony up $125,695 after a probe found they didn’t pay servers overtime pay or cash wages.

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Orlando pizza joint owed servers $120,000 after not paying cash wages or for overtime

October 9, 2023 at 3:02 p.m.

Owners of an Orlando Giordano’s Pizza had to pony up $125,695 after a probe found they didn’t pay servers overtime pay or cash wages.

Generac recalls 64,000 generators as fire hazard

September 14, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

Generators should provide power after a hurricane knocks out electricity, not provide a reason for a hospital trip or start a fire. That’s why Generac recalled 64,000 portable generators Thursday....

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Pilot rescued after his plane crashed in the water off the Florida Keys

August 13, 2023 at 8:35 p.m.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies rescued a pilot whose airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Keys Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A Florida mother and daughter bought a house, 2 cars with a dementia patient’s $542,000

March 13, 2023 at 5:35 p.m.

Two Southwest Florida women hired to care for a 92-year-old woman with dementia instead cared only for the $542,760 they could steal from her financial accounts over two years. With...

Call it ‘slavery.’ Call it ‘forced labor.’ A Florida man did it to people who pick melons

February 14, 2023 at 5:26 p.m.

MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, its big box club offspring, Sam's Club or other chains, they might've been harvested or packed by H-2A visa...

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Florida underground plastic surgery post-op industry thrives, challenges cops

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Orlando pizza joint owed servers $120,000 after not paying cash wages or for overtime

Generac recalls 64,000 generators as fire hazard

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Pilot rescued after his plane crashed in the water off the Florida Keys

A Florida mother and daughter bought a house, 2 cars with a dementia patient’s $542,000

Call it ‘slavery.’ Call it ‘forced labor.’ A Florida man did it to people who pick melons

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A former Florida Elections Commission lawyer’s child porn cost him freedom and license

4 ‘executed’ at Oklahoma marijuana farm, cops say. Suspect arrested in Miami Beach

15-year-old is in critical condition after police shooting, Miami-Dade police say

Telenovela star Pablo Lyle to appear before Miami judge after man’s fatal punch