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Fred Grimm

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Fred Grimm joined the Herald in 1976. Since 1991 he has written a column about crime, politics and local issues.

A career chasing disasters, scandals, murders and opening day of turkey season, 1969

Fred Grimm

A career chasing disasters, scandals, murders and opening day of turkey season, 1969

August 25, 2017 8:00 AM

Florida’s lunkhead ‘white supremacists’ ain’t all that supreme

Fred Grimm

Florida’s lunkhead ‘white supremacists’ ain’t all that supreme

August 17, 2017 8:02 PM

New studies and new catastrophes give climate change deniers a lot to deny

Fred Grimm

New studies and new catastrophes give climate change deniers a lot to deny

August 10, 2017 7:01 PM

Floridians oblivious to an epidemic of accidental child shootings

Fred Grimm

Floridians oblivious to an epidemic of accidental child shootings

August 03, 2017 7:14 PM

Doped up greyhounds add to the disgrace dogging parimutuels in Florida

Fred Grimm

Doped up greyhounds add to the disgrace dogging parimutuels in Florida

July 21, 2017 7:00 AM

Oblivious to the irony, Marlins (apologies to the actual fish) sue fans

Fred Grimm

Oblivious to the irony, Marlins (apologies to the actual fish) sue fans

July 13, 2017 6:59 PM

New education law allows anti-science mob to go after evolution and climate change

Fred Grimm

New education law allows anti-science mob to go after evolution and climate change

July 06, 2017 7:30 PM

Neo-Confederates bring their revised version of history to Hollywood

Fred Grimm

Neo-Confederates bring their revised version of history to Hollywood

June 22, 2017 7:00 AM

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One of the simplest ways to get a green card is back. Here’s what foreigners need to do

September 20, 2019 2:22 PM

Paging ‘Dr. Pimple Popper’: Medical issue on Miami-bound flight just caused a mess

September 20, 2019 11:35 AM

‘When you are in, you can’t get out.’ Women describe how Jeffrey Epstein controlled them

September 20, 2019 7:17 PM

This bill could end Hispanic workforce immigration for the next decade. Will it pass?

September 20, 2019 6:00 AM

Florida’s top cops offer their big idea to stop mass shootings. It’s not about guns.

September 21, 2019 7:00 AM

Arbitration allows shabby cops to escape real world consequences

Fred Grimm

Arbitration allows shabby cops to escape real world consequences

June 15, 2017 7:11 PM

Mob of Sandy Hook hoaxers troll the internet, but only one goes to prison

Fred Grimm

Mob of Sandy Hook hoaxers troll the internet, but only one goes to prison

June 08, 2017 8:14 PM

Private prison industry converts Florida inmates into very profitable commodities

Fred Grimm

Private prison industry converts Florida inmates into very profitable commodities

June 01, 2017 6:56 PM

Never before seen JFK photos remind Miami of that last rendezvous with innocence

Fred Grimm

Never before seen JFK photos remind Miami of that last rendezvous with innocence

May 26, 2017 7:00 PM

Got me a bad, bad case of those low-down Trump-Induced Anxiety Disorder blues

Fred Grimm

Got me a bad, bad case of those low-down Trump-Induced Anxiety Disorder blues

May 18, 2017 7:01 PM

Hey Trump, we knew Dick Nixon. You’re no Dick Nixon.

Fred Grimm

Hey Trump, we knew Dick Nixon. You’re no Dick Nixon.

May 12, 2017 6:51 AM

Al Capone would have killed for tax dodger Erik Fresen’s sweet plea deal

Fred Grimm

Al Capone would have killed for tax dodger Erik Fresen’s sweet plea deal

May 04, 2017 6:40 PM

When I get myself a PAC, first thing I’ll do is hire Artiles’ political consultants

Fred Grimm

When I get myself a PAC, first thing I’ll do is hire Artiles’ political consultants

April 28, 2017 7:00 AM

Was Frank Artiles a bigot? Or just a very stupid bully boy?

Fred Grimm

Was Frank Artiles a bigot? Or just a very stupid bully boy?

April 20, 2017 7:52 PM

‘Enemies of the people’ expose tax cheats, opioid profiteers, polluters and Trump’s charity

Fred Grimm

‘Enemies of the people’ expose tax cheats, opioid profiteers, polluters and Trump’s charity

April 13, 2017 6:36 PM

Police chief confronts feuds, lies, incompetence and a shooting gone wrong

Fred Grimm

Police chief confronts feuds, lies, incompetence and a shooting gone wrong

April 07, 2017 7:00 AM

Tallahassee’s answer for the gun terror plaguing Brownsville? More guns.

Fred Grimm

Tallahassee’s answer for the gun terror plaguing Brownsville? More guns.

March 31, 2017 7:00 AM

Presidents, kings, ambassadors — and county commissioners — jump the MIA security line

Fred Grimm

Presidents, kings, ambassadors — and county commissioners — jump the MIA security line

March 24, 2017 7:00 AM

Sure, Artiles betrayed his constituents, but he looked spiffy in his NextEra jacket

Fred Grimm

Sure, Artiles betrayed his constituents, but he looked spiffy in his NextEra jacket

March 16, 2017 6:31 PM

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