Email Author Tim Elfrink

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published December 16, 2010

  "Hurricane Nevin"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 20, 2010

  "Hack Pack"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 22, 2010

  "Tea Party Pretty Boy"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 26, 2009

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 9, 2009

  "The Fall of a Titan"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 26, 2009

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 4, 2009

  "Swamped"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published April 9, 2009

  "The Fall of a Titan"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published May 21, 2009

  "Dog Fight"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

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2009 Stories by Tim Elfrink

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  COVER STORY

  Miami-based Psystar takes on Apple

  published November 12, 2009

  Robert Pedraza is a 24-year-old self-taught programmer with a thin frame, spiky dark hair, gleaming braces, and squinty eyes. His brother Rudy... More >>

• Miami Judge Rules Bolivians Have Case Against Leaders Of 'Black October' Massacre

  published Nov 10, 2009

  In January, New Times brought you the story of a handful of indigenous Bolivians who traveled to Miami to seek justice against two well connected former leaders who were in charge during a bloody mass... More >>

• Congrats, South Florida! You've Driven Two New Species Toward The Endangered List

  published Nov 06, 2009

  Here in South Florida, we've done a number to Mother Nature that few other regions in this fine country can match. rIn just over a century, we've dammed the Everglades, plopped whole cities down ... More >>

• The Economy May Be Recovering, But Miami's Foreclosure Mania Isn't Close To Over

  published Nov 05, 2009

  Riptide was feeling all warm and fuzzy this morning. No, it wasn't just from all the vodka in our coffee. (What, like you don't start your day with a little 'Russian java'r) rThe latest employment num... More >>

• Ex-Judge Phil Davis Convicted on Fraud Charges

  published Nov 04, 2009

  Looks like Phil Davis is finally heading to the pen.rThe ex-Miami judge, who wriggled out of jail time in a federal sting operation in the early '90s by admitting a raging cocaine habit, was found gui... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  City of Miami Voters: Yes To Name Recognition And Cash! No to Messages!

  published Nov 04, 2009

  The handful of City of Miami voters who bothered to roll by the polls yesterday sent an age-old but always cringe-inducing message: Cash and name recognition wins elections.rActual plans for the cityr... More >>

• Is Miami guy Robert Kelly a spy or a wacko?

  published November 5, 2009

  Is Miami guy Robert Kelly a spy or a wacko? More >>

• Ex-Judge Points a Finger at the State Attorney's Office in His Corruption Trial

  published Nov 03, 2009

  If ever the Miami State Attorney's Office has prosecuted a lose-lose case, the ongoing trial of former judge Phil Davis is it. Getting a conviction might just make the prosecutor's office look neglige... More >>

• NYT: Florida Crazy-Man Alan Grayson Is the Very First Liberal Wing Nut

  published Nov 02, 2009

  Let's just get this out of the way: Riptide is the last place you'll read any criticism of Alan Grayson, the U.S. representative from Orlando, for his raging political Tourette's syndrome.rWe wish mor... More >>

• Meet Robert Kelly. He Says He Infiltrated Castro's Spy Service And Tricked Miami Exiles

  published Oct 30, 2009

  Robert Kelly certainly has the tricks of the spy trade down pat. rHe talks in mysterious acronyms, like "NOC" -- which stands for "no official cover." He refuses to have his photo taken. He talks abou... More >>

• Regalado Admits Raising Cash for a Terrorist, Offers Explanation: Everyone Was Doing It!

  published Oct 28, 2009

  Almost a month after Riptide broke the story that likely mayor-in-waiting Tomas Regalado once helped lead a fundraiser for Miami's most infamous terrorist, it looks like Regalado has finally admi... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Local House Candidate Picks Up Key Rico Tubbs Endorsement

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Today marked the official beginning of election season, with early voting kick-starting around Miami-Dade for the November 3 general elections, and here at Riptide we're feeling that democratic itch.r... More >>

• Miami Pit Bull Owners Plan Broward Get-Together This Weekend To Protest Ban

  published Oct 23, 2009

  In this week's New Times, you read about how difficult it is for police to break up brutal dog-fighting rings -- even with tough new laws on the books. Unless cops see a fight in person, as they did i... More >>

• Musicians Demand Classified Gitmo Memos on How Their Tunes Were Used as Torture

  published Oct 22, 2009

  Of all the outrages perpetrated at Guantanamo Bay -- which New Times explored in depth earlier this year on our visit to the prison camp in southern Cuba -- one of the strangest has to be the military... More >>

• Arson Suspected in Midnight Inferno at Miami Lakes Mayor's Law Office

  published Oct 21, 2009

  Saying Michael Pizzi is the kind of guy who's made a few enemies in this town might qualify as the understatement of the year.rThe U.S. probation officer turned criminal defense lawyer turned politici... More >>

• Could the End of the Ted Ginn Era Be Upon Usr

  published Oct 20, 2009

  Here at Riptide, we haven't exactly moderated our feelings for the Dolphins' resident maestro of the skillet-hands and master of the 1.5-yards-after-catch Ted Ginn Jr.rIndeed, we once threatened to "b... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  South Florida dogfighting rages on despite tough laws

  published October 22, 2009

  South Florida dogfighting rages on despite tough laws More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  SunPost's Longtime Publisher Files for Bankruptcy, Owes More than $1 Million to Creditors

  published Oct 16, 2009

  Back in March, New Times proclaimed the death of the SunPost, Miami Beach's scrappy and once impressive weekly rag.rIf we didn't turn out to be precisely right -- a few stray copies of all-but-content... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Is the CIA Hiding Miami Anti-Castro Cubans' Role In JFK's Assassinationr

  published Oct 16, 2009

  Here at Riptide, we've had a lot of fun lately with recently declassified CIA documents.rLast week, the spooks gave us files from the 60s that proved Luis Posada Carriles -- Miami's most famous terror... More >>

• Naked Guy Breaks into Little Havana Home, Flees Without Pants

  published Oct 15, 2009

  Miami Police are on the lookout for a naked burglar.rSometime after midnight early this morning, a white Hispanic man crawled through a window of an apartment on the 1200 block of SW Sixth Street, say... More >>

• Crist Asks For A Grand Jury Investigation Into South Florida Shenanigans

  published Oct 14, 2009

  Memo to Miami politicos with dirt under your fingernails: It's time for that midnight flight to Bolivia. Just do it now.rThe FBI fired the first warning shots earlier this month, busting three Broward... More >>

• Miami commission candidate Frank Carollo had bitter breakup with Roy Black's ex and lied to cops

  published October 15, 2009

  Miami commission candidate Frank Carollo had bitter breakup with Roy Black's ex and lied to cops More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Frank Carollo Lied to Cops After Breaking Into the Home of Roy Black's Scantily Clad Ex

  published Oct 12, 2009

  Just before 2 a.m. inside a tony Key Biscayne waterfront condo, a woman clad only in panties chased a dark-haired 22-year-old into the hallway, screaming and smacking his face. rThe year was 1993... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Miami Crime: 14-Year-Old Raped in Little Haiti This Morning on the Way to School

  published Oct 09, 2009

  Miami Police are looking for a rapist after a brazen sexual assault on a girl on her way to school this morning. rJust after 8 a.m., a 14-year-old girl was walking through Little Haiti along NW First ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Truth, At Last: Jorge Mas Canosa Sponsored Terrorism

  published Oct 07, 2009

  Without any fear of being sued or hit with a massive boycott, we're going to say it right up front, in plain English: Jorge Mas Canosa sponsored terrorism. rBoom. Feels good, rightrFor years, the pres... More >>