Jake Shore
@jakeshore.bsky.social
Investigative reporter for WLRN in South Florida👨💻
Previously: The Current & Report for America in Savannah, GA🍑; Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head, SC🌊
Previously: The Current & Report for America in Savannah, GA🍑; Island Packet newspaper on Hilton Head, SC🌊
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The Broward Sheriff’s Office identified its department’s errors in a 246-page internal affairs report.
Timeline: How Broward deputies failed to help Mary Gingles before triple homicide in Tamarac
The Broward Sheriff’s Office identified its department’s errors in a 246-page internal affairs report.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Broward Sheriff’s Office identified its department’s errors in a 246-page internal affairs report.
More than 100 students marched across the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton on Friday to protest campus police collaborating with federal immigration authorities.
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‘Lost what we stand for’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration with campus police
The student protestors, waving signs and chanting, demanded the FAU administration end the 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that the university announced in July.
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September 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
More than 100 students marched across the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton on Friday to protest campus police collaborating with federal immigration authorities.
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The $350,000 proposal was torpedoed after the mayor raised questions about benefit to the city. The only time teams will be playing in Broward County during the tournament will be for practice at Chase Stadium. (via @jakeshore.bsky.social)
Fort Lauderdale sidelines World Cup funding, sends to homelessness budget instead
The $350,000 proposal was torpedoed after the mayor raised questions about benefit to the city. The only time teams will be playing in Broward County during the tournament will be for practice at Chas...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The $350,000 proposal was torpedoed after the mayor raised questions about benefit to the city. The only time teams will be playing in Broward County during the tournament will be for practice at Chase Stadium. (via @jakeshore.bsky.social)
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Federal investigation of South #Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi... via @wlrnnews.bsky.social
Federal investigation of South Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Federal investigation of South #Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi... via @wlrnnews.bsky.social
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. For @wlrnnews.bsky.social I tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
Federal investigation of South Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
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August 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. For @wlrnnews.bsky.social I tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
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Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner. (via @jakeshore.bsky.social)
Federal investigation of South Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
www.wlrn.org
August 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner. (via @jakeshore.bsky.social)
Conflicting records and testimony are raising questions about the death of a Haitian woman in U.S. immigration custody in Broward County this spring.
My latest for @wlrnnews.bsky.social
My latest for @wlrnnews.bsky.social
Conflicting reports emerge in death of Haitian woman detained by ICE in Broward
An ICE report says Marie-Ange Blaise, 44, died after refusing to take blood pressure medicine. Her son said she couldn't get seen by a doctor for chest pains.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Conflicting records and testimony are raising questions about the death of a Haitian woman in U.S. immigration custody in Broward County this spring.
My latest for @wlrnnews.bsky.social
My latest for @wlrnnews.bsky.social
2 years ago, I reported in The Current GA on how Georgia sheriffs barred visits to jails after Covid, while increasing revenues on communication fees.
Yesterday the Chatham sheriff reopened in-person visits to the jail - running on the issue last election after reading our story
Yesterday the Chatham sheriff reopened in-person visits to the jail - running on the issue last election after reading our story
April 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
2 years ago, I reported in The Current GA on how Georgia sheriffs barred visits to jails after Covid, while increasing revenues on communication fees.
Yesterday the Chatham sheriff reopened in-person visits to the jail - running on the issue last election after reading our story
Yesterday the Chatham sheriff reopened in-person visits to the jail - running on the issue last election after reading our story
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Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between the victims and an alleged attacker
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
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BREAKING: Musk’s DOGE has fired car safety experts in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who directly regulated Tesla.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Gives Tesla Massive Helping Hand With Newest Purge
Elon Musk’s minions in the federal government have just fired key experts who regulate Tesla.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
BREAKING: Musk’s DOGE has fired car safety experts in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who directly regulated Tesla.
NEW: Georgia Republican legislators slotted in major changes to the Georgia Open Records Act – including limiting public access to police reports – near the end of its legislative session without the regular due process most bills receive.
Read the 11th hour bill by Georgia GOP lawmakers that aims to block access to police reports - The Current
Georgia GOP lawmakers agreed to alter open records act bill that would restrict access to police reports and legislative communications, worrying First Amendment advocates.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW: Georgia Republican legislators slotted in major changes to the Georgia Open Records Act – including limiting public access to police reports – near the end of its legislative session without the regular due process most bills receive.
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Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation #journalism and commentary: #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare www.nccprblog.org/2025/03/nccp...
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 4, 2025
● “They literally took her off my breast in the hallway with her screaming at the court hearing,” says Kristen Clark-Hassell, of the day her...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation #journalism and commentary: #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare www.nccprblog.org/2025/03/nccp...
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Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions
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Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions - The Current
Investigation reveals how Georgia child welfare agency DFCS handled allegations against its drug testing provider, Averhealth, after whistleblower complaint and false claims probe by Department of Jus...
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March 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions
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I’ve been told that #Georgia Gov. Kemp’s tort reform proposal could also affect cases that deal with alleged negligence at public housing. This story reported for #GPB had been in my head for months until the pieces came together … www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...
Public housing authorities are angling for more legal protections. Where does that leave tenants?
How the legal precedent of sovereign immunity could change the way housing authorities in Georgia are held responsible in cases where tenants allege harm.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’ve been told that #Georgia Gov. Kemp’s tort reform proposal could also affect cases that deal with alleged negligence at public housing. This story reported for #GPB had been in my head for months until the pieces came together … www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...
Georgia's child welfare agency, the department which oversees more than 10,000 children in foster care, used a laboratory probed for false claims to make crucial decisions regarding custody. #gapol
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Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions - The Current
Investigation reveals how Georgia child welfare agency DFCS handled allegations against its drug testing provider, Averhealth, after whistleblower complaint and false claims probe by Department of Jus...
thecurrentga.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Georgia's child welfare agency, the department which oversees more than 10,000 children in foster care, used a laboratory probed for false claims to make crucial decisions regarding custody. #gapol
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The Imprint News, a leading nonprofit news site covering foster care nationally, reposted our story on Georgia DFCS and its use of a laboratory probed for false claims to make important custody decisions.
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Georgia DFCS Relied on Controversial Lab for Drug Tests | The Imprint
A Georgia child welfare agency director says she’s open to an audit of past drug tests, but it's likely too late for one mom.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Imprint News, a leading nonprofit news site covering foster care nationally, reposted our story on Georgia DFCS and its use of a laboratory probed for false claims to make important custody decisions.
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Georgia's child welfare agency relied on a drug test company embroiled in allegations of issues to make crucial custody decisions.
The story is the culmination of 7 months, examining how the agency belatedly acted after learning of a DOJ investigation and failed to notify thousands of parents:
The story is the culmination of 7 months, examining how the agency belatedly acted after learning of a DOJ investigation and failed to notify thousands of parents:
Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions - The Current
Investigation reveals how Georgia child welfare agency DFCS handled allegations against its drug testing provider, Averhealth, after whistleblower complaint and false claims probe by Department of Jus...
thecurrentga.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Georgia's child welfare agency relied on a drug test company embroiled in allegations of issues to make crucial custody decisions.
The story is the culmination of 7 months, examining how the agency belatedly acted after learning of a DOJ investigation and failed to notify thousands of parents:
The story is the culmination of 7 months, examining how the agency belatedly acted after learning of a DOJ investigation and failed to notify thousands of parents:
A Chatham County judge denied bond for a former Savannah Police officer, ruling that he posed a “significant risk of committing a felony” ahead of his murder trial for the June 2022 killing of a Carver Village man.
Judge: Ex-Savannah cop poses 'significant risk' if released from jail ahead of murder trial - The Current
Judge denied bond request for lawyers of Ernest Ferguson, ruling that the former Savannah Police officer charged with murdering Saudi Lee in Carver Village in June 2022 posed a great risk of recommitt...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A Chatham County judge denied bond for a former Savannah Police officer, ruling that he posed a “significant risk of committing a felony” ahead of his murder trial for the June 2022 killing of a Carver Village man.
The trial of former Brunswick Judicial Circuit DA Jackie Johnson ended yesterday.
For Georgia residents looking for answers about why it took 74 days to arrest the men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, the trial painted a deeply contradictory picture.
For Georgia residents looking for answers about why it took 74 days to arrest the men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, the trial painted a deeply contradictory picture.
Former DA Jackie Johnson cleared of wrongdoing in Arbery murder investigation - The Current
Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson cleared of legal wrongdoing in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery's murder following a judge dismissing two charges against her near the end of her Glynn County...
thecurrentga.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The trial of former Brunswick Judicial Circuit DA Jackie Johnson ended yesterday.
For Georgia residents looking for answers about why it took 74 days to arrest the men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, the trial painted a deeply contradictory picture.
For Georgia residents looking for answers about why it took 74 days to arrest the men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, the trial painted a deeply contradictory picture.
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New from @jakeshore.bsky.social with the Current: ‘Good ol’ boy system,’ ‘Witch hunt’: What potential jurors had to say at start of Jackie Johnson trial
‘Good ol’ boy system,’ ‘Witch hunt’: What potential jurors had to say at start of Jackie Johnson trial - The Current
Jury selection kicked off in trial of former Brunswick circuit district attorney Jackie Johnson who is accused of using her position to meddle in death investigation of Black jogger in Ahmaud Arbery.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New from @jakeshore.bsky.social with the Current: ‘Good ol’ boy system,’ ‘Witch hunt’: What potential jurors had to say at start of Jackie Johnson trial