Jake Shore
Investigative ReporterJake Shore is an investigative reporter for WLRN covering Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Previously, he was a Report for America Corps Member covering public safety for The Current GA, a nonprofit investigative newsroom based in Savannah, Georgia. His in-depth reporting changed police department policies, sparked legal action and led a local sheriff to reopen in-person visits to the jail.
Before that, he covered breaking news for the Island Packet newspaper in South Carolina. Jake is originally from Los Angeles, California and attended school at Fordham University in the Bronx. When not working, you can catch him playing pickup basketball, reading or trying out new restaurants.
Have a confidential tip or want to share your thoughts? Reach him at jshore@wlrnnews.org
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Traffic stop data from a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, who had been involved in high-profile immigration arrests, states he encountered no Hispanics in a Hispanic-majority town in Palm Beach County over the course of a year. Experts say the failure to accurately identify a defendant’s race or ethnic origin makes it difficult to independently monitor alleged racial profiling by law enforcement agencies. -
A home in Southwest Ranches, in Broward, was searched by federal agents as part of a probe into Alberto Carvalho, the former Miami-Dade County district superintendent. It is the home of Debra Kerr, a former sales representative for AllHere Education, a failed artificial intelligence company that received a $6 million contract by Carvalho's new school district in Los Angeles. -
“I see there is a brokenness to the system," West Broward County Senator Barbara Sharief told the head of the Florida Department of Children and Families about the state's foster care system. She voted for the DCF head but asked her to commit to making changes at the senate hearing. -
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel visited her Palm Beach County district as Congress debates increased guardrails for federal immigration enforcement. She said not "one more penny" should go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities until reforms like banning masks and ending racial profiling go into effect. -
The ordinance passed Tuesday night now requires a special permit for any planned event in a public space or park with 25 or more people. It's raised fears that regular events — like birthdays or cookouts — could be ensnared by the new rule. One dissenting commissioner called it "nutty." -
Amid intense negotiations in Congress, federal Democratic lawmakers hosted a roundtable in West Palm Beach to hear from immigrant advocates, lawyers and pastors about the effects of immigration enforcement in the county. -
The South Florida benefit dinner for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum came on the same day that Israel recovered the last body of the hostages taken into Gaza after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. -
For the first 10 months of 2025, PBI reported 58 noise complaints. From October 20, 2025 — when the “temporary flight restriction” went into effect — to the first week of January 2026, the airport received 622 noise complaints. -
A WLRN investigation identified serious disciplinary issues and lax oversight by the West Palm Beach Police Department well before officers in an elite police unit called "GHOST" were indicted for allegedly covering up a chase that killed a pregnant woman and her mother in July 2024. The investigation comes as the department's new chief seeks to re-establish a street crimes unit, since GHOST was disbanded. -
ICE documents reported by the Washington Post named Jupiter along with other cities as future sites for renovated warehouses turned immigration detention centers. -
The striking escalation includes accusations that Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony diverted money intended for first responder salaries to “preferred projects.” Tony's office called the claim an "after-the-fact" justification to cut their budget. -
Commissioner Joel Flores told WLRN the $3.3 million contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office was in response to safety concerns by other commissioners. It comes after recent reports that a commissioner — soon to be county mayor — used deputies as her personal security detail, including for visits to the president’s Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago.
