Email Author Tim Elfrink

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2011

  "Santeria Stalker"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 19, 2011

  "Guns Online: No Permit Needed"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 3, 2011

  "The Fight to Bury Venezuelan President CAP in Miami"

• 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 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"

• 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"

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

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 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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2010 Stories by Tim Elfrink

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  FEATURED STORY

  Pictures of Nevin Shapiro's Mansion: This Is What An $880 Million Ponzi Scheme Buys You

  published Dec 14, 2010

  You've got a steamrolling Ponzi scheme churning out cash so fast that you can't spend it all. You've already leased the $4,700-per-month Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG with rims fatter than Fat Joe and dropped... More >>

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  Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman, Clerks Who Killed Akil Oliver With a Crowbar, Have First Day In Court Postponed

  published Dec 13, 2010

  Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman -- the Perrine clerks who sparked a national furor and a local boycott after allegedly beating a customer to death ago over an argument about a few cents change -- will have ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Jim Morrison Pardon Coming This Morning, But Local Rockers Ask Crist Not To Stop There (Update: It's Official)

  published Dec 09, 2010

  At last, our long national nightmare is over: the long deceased Jim Morrison will no longer have a record for drunkenly dangling his dong at a Miami concert. But while Morrison's pardon -- which shoul... More >>

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  Police: Miami Beach CIP Director Charles Carreno Assaulted Assistant to the City Manager Emanuel Mayer in City Hall

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Just after 7 p.m. last Tuesday inside Miami Beach City Hall, two high level bureaucrats settled a heated argument the old school way: With some good ol' fashioned fisticuffs.Police broke up the brouha... More >>

• Miami-Dade police buy drones

  published December 9, 2010

  In places such as Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) hovering over homes, following suspects, and tracking enemies of... More >>

• Firefighter busted, commissioner goes free

  published December 9, 2010

  A few dozen firefighters from across the county lean on a truck at Station 58 in West Miami-Dade. It's around 9:30 p.m., and they're puffing... More >>

• Shatarka Nuby Gets 2 1/2 Years For Stealing ID to Get Boob Job and Lipo

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Shatarka Nuby already had breast implants, but they weren't big enough. And her arms! They needed liposuction, stat! The only problem: Nuby didn't have $9,000 to pay for all that work.So that's when t... More >>

• Natacha Seijas Recall Signatures Likely Headed To Clerk of Courts This Week (Update: They're In!)

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Update: About an hour ago, Vanessa Brito -- the force behind Miami Voice, the group pushing to recall five county commissioners -- delivered 4,704 signatures supporting a ballot measure to recall Nata... More >>

• Teenage Skateboarder Struck By Two Cars and Killed In Coral Gables

  published Dec 06, 2010

  In a feature last month, New Times explored skater culture in Miami, a city that's never quite warmed to thrashers even though its warm environs and concrete jungles could easily make the Magic City a... More >>

• Miami-Dade Cops Close To Adding War in Afghanistan-Style Drone To Arsenal

  published Dec 06, 2010

  In places such as Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, unmanned aerial vehicles hovering over homes, following suspects, and tracking enemies of the state are a daily reality. So where are the high-tech drones b... More >>

• Al Farrow Takes Weapons and Makes Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Heated Conversation

  published Dec 02, 2010

  As we wandered through the Ice Palace in Wynwood this morning at the Pulse fair, we were drawn from across the hall by a gleaming blue and gold replica mosque. Hey, that's beautiful, we thought, wande... More >>

• Pulse Miami 2010 Highlights: Cosplay, Weaponized Churches and Creepy Baby Clowns

  published Dec 02, 2010

  In its sixth year, Pulse has carved a niche as one of Art Basel's largest satellite fairs, encompassing more than 80 galleries inside Wynwood's sprawling Ice Palace, and one of the best for sculpture,... More >>

• Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, Could Be Headed to Ecuador

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is looking more and more like a man without a country -- after releasing thousands of embarrassing diplomatic cables over the weekend, his homeland, Australia, is inve... More >>

• Is This The Most Disgusting Bathroom In Miamir

  published Nov 30, 2010

  A few days ago, a reader named Joe Cuevas emailed Riptide with a cache of photos and a bold claim: This, he said, is the most disgusting bathroom in all of Miami. The photos are not for the faint of h... More >>

• Greene Dreams Owner Says County Is Harassing Him For Blocking Development

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Tyrone Greene leans on the glass counter in his family's shoe-repair shop, Greene Dreams, a one-room space crammed with Barack Obama T-shirts, Miami Heat jerseys, and dashikis. A mural just around the... More >>

• Liberty City stalwart stalls big developers

  published December 2, 2010

  Liberty City stalwart stalls big developers More >>

• Hundreds Boycott Perrine Shop Where Crowbar-Wielding Clerks Killed Akil Oliver

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Hundreds of protesters have surrounded a QuickStop in Perrine where two co-owners beat a man to death with a crowbar last week after an argument over a few cents and an exchange of racial slurs. Altho... More >>

• Darrell Stuckey: Keys to the Past

  published November 25, 2010

  Darrell Stuckey: Keys to the Past More >>

• Frederica Wilson: Washington-Bound Mad Hatter

  published November 25, 2010

  Frederica Wilson: Washington-Bound Mad Hatter More >>

• Bernice Steinbaum: Fighting for Art

  published November 25, 2010

  Bernice Steinbaum: Fighting for Art More >>

• Is This Nike's Hideously Teal-Heavy New Dolphins Uniformr

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Like any good conspiracy, it started with a post on an obscure message board in the dead of night. "Apparently these are the designs for the 2012 season," a poster named Xohmin wrote casually before d... More >>

• Joe Sacco Tries To Solve a 54-Year Old Mystery In 'Footnotes In Gaza'

  published Nov 21, 2010

  Joe Sacco's latest project - the 418-page journalistic graphic novel "Footnotes in Gaza" - was borne of an editor's harsh cuts. Working on a project in Gaza for Harper's Magazine, Sacco was amaze... More >>

• Kyree Wallace Arrested In Shooting At The Grand In Pot Deal Gone Sour

  published Nov 19, 2010

  One of Miami's classic condo towers, The Grand at 17th and Bayshore Drive, was rocked by a shooting on its 28th floor on Wednesday that left two men riddled with bullets. Now police have released thei... More >>

• McSweeney Man

  published November 18, 2010

  In a world drowning in footage of Britney Spears' meltdowns, blogrolls of Tiger Woods' mistresses and fawning Brangelina features, how does a... More >>

• City of Refuge

  published November 18, 2010

  In 2001, Chenjerai Hove was driven out of his homeland, Zimbabwe, after years of persecution by Robert Mugabe's government. Hove drew... More >>