CBS4 Investigates
Booker T. Washington HS Students Live With Learning In A War Zone
Long before the sun rises, Miami’s Booker T. High School slowly starts to come to life. In the darkness, security guards open gates and unlock fences as the first students lumber in before 6 am. For some the breakfast they’ll receive may be the first thing they’ve had to eat since their school lunch the day before.
CBS4–2013/05/08
CBS4 Investigation: Overcharging Citizens
Citizens Insurance has been the focus of a lot of criticism over the last few years from state leaders and taxpayers. Now, an exclusive CBS4 Investigation has discovered that hundreds of thousands of policy holders may have been overcharged by Citizens.
CBS4–2013/02/27
Homeowner Reclaims Property After Unwanted Tenant Moves Out
Christina Malloy says she has waited months for this moment.
CBS4–2012/11/22
Thieves Target Bodies Resting In Local Cemetery
Jessica Williams is the caretaker to one of the oldest African American cemeteries in South Florida, where community pioneers have been laid to rest. But recently, criminal acts have been disturbing the bodies resting at one cemetery that houses 538 burial plots at in Miami.
CBS4–2012/11/20
Homeowners Inspect House After Unwanted Tenants Move In
For two months, Michelle Pinder has been desperate to get rid of the strangers living in her childhood home.
CBS4–2012/11/14
CBS4′s Vanessa Borge Asks Bad Drivers, “What Were You Thinking?”
South Florida’s notoriously bad drivers now have more than the cops to worry about. CBS4’s Vanessa Borge has spent months videotaping all the crazy things people do behind the wheel and she confronts some of them with one question: “What Were You Thinking?
CBS4–2012/11/08
Frustrated Homeowner To Unwanted Tenants: Get Out!
Michelle Pinder’s life has been shattered ever since strangers moved in and took possession of a vacant property she owned, her childhood home, which she had up for sale.
2012/11/08
Does Your Vote Count? Dade Co. Changes Precinct Reconciliation Procedures
Voting rights advocates are fuming about a change to what they say is an election night “best practices procedure.” The issue is only in Miami-Dade as far as CBS4 Investigates can tell.
CBS4–2012/10/30
CBS4 Investigates: Driver In Bus Bench Crash Has Lengthy Criminal Record
The driver of a car that plowed into a bus bench in Miami Gardens Wednesday, killing one woman and leaving two others near death, apparently benefited from a revolving door criminal justice system that records indicate dealt lightly with a laundry list of serious criminal offenses.
CBS4–2012/10/26
CBS4 Investigates: Does Your Vote Count? The Recount Test
In the sleepy West Coast Florida town of Inverness, as horses graze and Spanish moss hangs still on a breezeless summer day, an elections experiment was about to get underway.
CBS4–2012/10/23
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Michele Gillen |
Michele Gillen is chief investigative reporter at CBS4. Gillen, who has served as an anchor and investigative reporter on both network and local television news, is the recipient of more than 25 National Academy of Television Arts and Science (NATAS) Emmy awards, the Columbia DuPont Silver Baton, the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, three Green Eyeshade Awards, and has been honored twice by the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television.Email Michele |
JimDeFede |
CBS4′s Jim DeFede is a commentator and investigative reporter. Jim has a rich background in newspapers including the Miami Herald and Miami New Times. Jim also has had work appear in publications such as Radar, The New Republic and Newsday. He is an award-winning author who provides perspective on the daily news.Email Jim |


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