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Pill Mills Update

10/29/2009

An update now on a 7 News Investigation suspect after suspect hauled off in handcuffs as police make a big bust in a pill smuggling ring. It's a pill pipeline that stretches from South Florida all the way to Kentucky. Cops are calling it "Operation Flamingo Road" and 500 people are under arrest. Seven's Carmel Cafiero has the story. [Full Story]

More 7 News Investigation

10/26/09 - Sex, Lies and Videotape

Another South Florida law enforcement officer has brought disgrace to the badge. This time in North Miami it's a story about sex, lies and videotape. Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero with the exclusive. [full story]

10/01/09 - A Mother's Hope

Earlier this year a 7-year-old boy in state custody prescribed mind altering drugs threatened to kill himself, then he did. This summer another child on powerful drugs also threatened to kill himself, his mother called Help Me Howard, what happened after that? Tonight here is Patrick Fraser with a story we call a mothers hope. [full story]

09/24/09 - Pill Mill Money

It's no surprise that there's big money in the pain clinic business, but just how much might be shocking? Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero has obtained documents that for the first time ever show just how much money a pain clinic can make. [full story]

09/21/09 - Pill Mills

The U.S. Drug Czar in South Florida to find out more about our drug abuse problems. In Broward County, the main issue was prescription pain pills, and a Seven News investigation was used to illustrate the issue. Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero with the story. [full story]

09/17/09 - Home Sweet Home

If you are losing your home in foreclosure, you are probably heartbroken, but one person has found a way to keep people from getting evicted from their houses legally, and they get their homes back at half of what they owed the bank. It's all because of one man who Patrick Fraser tells us is making it home sweet home again. [full story]

09/10/09 - Death At The Door

Living in South Florida I bet you think you've heard it all. Guess again. This tale is truly strange. On one side, a veterinarian. On the other, a family. In the middle an unpaid bill for the family pet and as 7's Charles Billi reports, it all led to one doctor's decision to leave death at the door. [full story]

09/03/09 - Light Fight Follow Up

A city saying let there be light at a stadium in one South Florida neighborhood, but residents won't be cheering the ruling. We first brought you this Light Fight earlier this week in a Seven News Investigation. Tonight, a decision that's bound to cause more controversy. [full story]

09/01/09 - Light Fight

Imagine spending close to half a million dollars on lights for a football field and then being told you can't use them. Imagine living in a neighborhood and suddenly finding out your quiet way of life is about to change. That's what's happening in a north Fort Lauderdale neighborhood all because of a mistake made by the city. Seven's Patrick Fraser puts some light on what's happening. [full story]

08/31/09 - Pill Mills Follow Up

Florida has passed a new law to keep track of prescription pain pills, but that law doesn't take effect until January. In the meantime, police are trying to stop the sale of addictive prescription drugs on the streets of South Florida and investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero caught it all on camera. [full story]

08/13/09 - Password Protection

We've all got an line accounts for everything from email and Facebook to E-bay and Paypal. Not to mention all the bills we pay online, but have you ever stopped to wonder what would happen to that online information when you die? Seven's Craig Stevens tells us why we need Password Protection. [full story]

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