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

• Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Courthouse already under repair

  published October 7, 2010

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  Meet the Most Disturbing Anti-LeBron Site Ever Created: MrsLebronWade.com

  published Oct 05, 2010

  Jilted Cleveland fans have tried pretty much everything to deal with their emotions: burning jerseys in effigy, singing angry ballads in comedy clubs, even penning delusional rants in Comic ... More >>

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  Sarah Palin Cancels Wednesday Speech in Miami

  published Oct 04, 2010

  Florida Tea Partiers are shedding a single tear of freedom -- much like a majestic bald eagle weeping for the future of America -- because Sarah Palin just nixed her speech scheduled this Wednesday at... More >>

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  Two Years Later, $169 Million Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Courthouse Is Under Repair

  published Oct 04, 2010

  When the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Courthouse finally opened in late 2007, the Magic City waxed rhapsodic: "Beautiful" and "elegant," enthused one judge; "(People) will say, 'That's Miami!" exclaimed ano... More >>

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  Lost Your License Driving Drunkr Florida Store Has A 'DUI Scooter' For You

  published Sep 30, 2010

  After watching one too many sad bastards who'd lost their licenses to a DUI come wandering into his scooter shop, Doug Vitello had a brilliant idea: What if he could sell them a low-speed bike that co... More >>

• Robert Straley's New Book Details Horror, Abuse At Florida School for Boys

  published Sep 29, 2010

  After running away from an abusive mother in the 1950s, the courts deemed Robert Straley an "incorrigible youth" and sent him to live at the Florida School for Boys in picturesque Marianna, near the G... More >>

• Mad Scientist Leo Mascheroni Caught Trying To Sell Nuclear Bomb To Venezuela

  published Sep 28, 2010

  P. Leonardo Mascheroni had a simple dream: earning billions of dollars in government funding to build a gigantic laser beam that would create stable nuclear fusion and limitless, free energy for the w... More >>

• Alayan Wool uses photos to heal Guatemala

  published September 30, 2010

  Alayan Wool uses photos to heal Guatemala More >>

• Police Investigating Brazen Dinner-Time Robbery and Shootout At Homestead Wendy's

  published Sep 27, 2010

  What's gotten into Miami robbers this weekr Just a few days after the made-for-Hollywood heist of a Coral Gables Bank of America -- complete with a kidnapped teller with a bomb strapped to his chest -... More >>

• In Guatemala, Alayna Wool Tries To Heal Civil War Wounds With Photography

  published Sep 27, 2010

  Earlier this month, in "South Florida Living, Butcher Style," New Times brought you the history of genocidal dictators and warlords who have fled to Miami after raping and pillaging their homelands. ... More >>

• Hostage Crisis Unfolding at Coral Gables Bank of America Near UM Campus (Update)

  published Sep 24, 2010

  A Miami PD SWAT team has surrounded a Bank of America near the University of Miami and shut down nearby Coral Gables streets as negotiators try to talk down an armed robber holding at least one host... More >>

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  Buju Banton Trial Starts As Singer Testifies He Didn't Mean To Visit Warehouse Full of Coke

  published Sep 23, 2010

  Buju Banton, it seems, has a gaping, cavernous mineshaft of a hole to dig out of in federal court in Tampa: the feds have hours of taped conversations with the reggae star talking about cocaine, quoti... More >>

• Miami Court Declares Gay Adoption Ban Unconstitutional; George Rekers Weeps

  published Sep 22, 2010

  This morning, an appeals court in Miami declared Florida's three-decade old ban on gays adopting children unconstitutional in a unanimous decision. The law -- which we at Riptide like to call the Rent... More >>

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  Today In Cocaine: Ten Busted in Juarez-to-Miami Ring, Colombian Coke Lord Due In Federal Court

  published Sep 21, 2010

  It's already been a busy week for the drug that made Miami -- or at least for the feds' perpetual war on the white stuff. First, the DEA arrested 10 people, mostly from Miami and Hialeah, and charged ... More >>

• Tea Partiers in Doral: Who are these people?

  published September 23, 2010

  Tea Partiers in Doral: Who are these people? More >>

• Gibson Belizaire: Victim or criminal?

  published September 23, 2010

  Gibson Belizaire: Victim or criminal? More >>

• Kendrick Meek, Undocumented Students Rally at Miami-Dade College In Favor of DREAM Act

  published Sep 20, 2010

  Standing before a row of undocumented Miami-Dade College students downtown this morning, Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek urged Congress to pass a long-debated bill that would give college graduates and m... More >>

• At 'Taking America Back' Conference, One Tea Partier is Bold Enough to Demand Civil War

  published Sep 20, 2010

  Inside the haute Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Ron Martin's huge vinyl sign leaps out from the clutter in the Taking America Back conference exhibitors' hall.Past slick booths selling Ron Paul-approved... More >>

• 'Tea Party At Sea' Combines Best Parts of Ranting At Government, Crusing Caribbean

  published Sep 17, 2010

  Do you love arguing about the liberal socialist agenda to destroy America but wish you could quote the Constitution in a more nautical settingr Do you love cruising the Caribbean, but think constantly... More >>

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  The Tea Baggers Are Coming! The 5 Angriest Speakers At Doral's 'Taking America Back' Conference

  published Sep 16, 2010

  If your daily commute takes you through Doral -- and may god have mercy upon your soul for that -- you may notice some unusual sights around the exclusive Doral Golf and Spa Resort this morning: grown... More >>

• Robert Barker Accused Of Using BB Gun To Force Stepson To Run Football Sprints

  published Sep 15, 2010

  Robert Barker, a 41-year-old from Leesburg, was apparently none to pleased when his teenage stepson had to bow out of a youth football game over the weekend due to the blistering heat. His solutionr S... More >>

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  Miami Porn Site Owner Israel Melendez Sells Israel, the Nation, Its Own Twitter Handle

  published Sep 14, 2010

  Shamed by Hugo Chavez's 800,000 faithful followers and then really red-faced when North Korea's regime beat them to the punch, Israel decided last month that it was finally time to give this whole Twi... More >>

• Miami cop at People's Bar-B-Que scares patrons

  published September 16, 2010

  Miami cop at People's Bar-B-Que scares patrons More >>

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  Latin American dictators love South Florida

  published September 16, 2010

  Latin American dictators love South Florida More >>

• Undercover Cop Broke Rules, Scared the Crap Out of Everyone At BBQ Joint, CIP Says

  published Sep 13, 2010

  Miguel Rodriguez and his wife, Barbara, were waiting for some barbecue after work on a Friday afternoon late last year when all hell broke loose inside People's Bar-B-Que in Overtown.A screaming man d... More >>