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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2011 Stories by Tim Elfrink

• Rick Scott Hits New Poll Low at 26 Percent; More Now Believe in Ghosts Than Gov.

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Boy oh boy does everybody hate, hate, hate Rick Scott. Everybody! Well, more than seven in ten Florida voters can't stand the guy, at least, according to a new poll out this morning from the Public Po... More >>

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  Elian Gonzalez Turns 18, Calls 'Cuban Five' Spy To Celebrate

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Elian Gonzalez is all growed up! Miami's favorite raft-boy turned Cuban propaganda machine turned 18 last night, and in proper Revolutionary fashion celebrated not with a pack of cigarettes or a bottl... More >>

• Art Basel's weirdest: Balls in a jar and nude pig wrestling

  published December 8, 2011

  Art Basel Miami Beach 2011's weirdest art: Balls in a jar and nude pig wrestling More >>

• Purebred Breeders allegedly sells sick dogs from puppy mills

  published December 8, 2011

  Purebred Breeders allegedly sells sick dogs from puppy mills More >>

• PurebredBreeders.com Accused By Humane Society Of Selling Sick Dogs From Puppy Mills UPDATE

  published Dec 06, 2011

  From its South Florida headquarters, Purebredbreeders.com matches up thousands of pet lovers around the country every week with purebred puppies through a "network of responsible and professional dog ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Art Basel's Weirdest: Drug Coffins, Floating Testicles and Naked Pig Wrasslin

  published Dec 05, 2011

  Sure, the big-money Warhols and eye-popping, million-dollar deals get all the headlines, but we all know what really gets your pulse jacked about Art Basel and its satellite fairs: the free booze and ... More >>

• Marlins Stadium Deal Now the Target of Federal SEC Probe

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Maybe federal investigators finally got around to reading our piece about the six biggest lies behind the monumentally awful Miami Marlins stadium dealr Whatever the motivation, the Securities and Exc... More >>

• Miami Cops and FHP Troopers Try to Bury the Hatchet With A Softball Game

  published Dec 02, 2011

  How do you smooth over a cop-on-trooper feud that's escalated from high speed chases to retaliatory arrests to dumping five tons of human feces onto an official police vehiclerIf you're the Miami Poli... More >>

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  Pulse Miami Brings Candy Assault Rifles, Free Tattoos and Comfy Hammocks To Wynwood

  published Dec 02, 2011

  When Mac Premo, a D.C.-born, RISD-educated artist, was forced to move to a new, smaller studio space in Brooklyn, he came to a terrible realization: There was no way he could bring along the hundreds ... More >>

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  Art Basel's Biggest Buy: Jorge Perez Gets MAM Name For $35 Million, Over Objections

  published Dec 02, 2011

  While Basel collectors plunk down millions on Miami Beach, this week's biggest art buy went down last night on the other side of Biscayne Bay. Developer Jorge Perez's $35 million bid to put his name a... More >>

• North Miami Beach Police Employees Fired Over Santeria Curse On City Manager UPDATE

  published Nov 30, 2011

  North Miami Beach has fired two police department employees after they allegedly were caught in the office trying to cast a Santeria curse on the city manager shortly before mass layoffs were planned.... More >>

• Newt Gingrich Leads GOP Pack In Florida As Cain Stumbles On Affair Accusations

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Florida's Republican voters are making a firm stand for the conservative, pro-family values that have defined their party for decades by fleeing en masse from Herman Cain after multiple sexual harassm... More >>

• Hugo Chavez Ships Mountains of Gold to Caracas as Panic Runs on Toilet Paper Begin

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Hugo Chavez has a new plan to save Venezuela's teetering national economy and it's, uh, shipping giant mountains of gold into Venezuela amid a procession of tanks so he can end the "dictatorship of th... More >>

• Daddy Yankee Sued In Miami By Promoter Who Says Canceled Tour Caused "Bleeding In His Eyes"

  published Nov 24, 2011

  Concert promoters and musicians sue each other all the damn time over everything from disputed fees to canceled dates to whether all the M&Ms in the dressing room were green as specifically noted ... More >>

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  Miami On the Hook For Millions In New Taxes On Marlins Parking Garages

  published Nov 23, 2011

  When we recently counted down the six most absurd lies about the new Marlins Stadium, fib number one was that politicians were working for taxpayers. Even a casual glance over the deal made it clear: ... More >>

• Construction Worker Jose Perez Shot and Killed Coworker While 'Playing' With Gun

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Horsing around with a coworker on an active construction site already seems like a fairly terrible idea -- but when the play-fighting includes a real knife and an accidentally loaded gun, the game is ... More >>

• Marvin Dunn: Overtown's Farmer

  published November 24, 2011

  Marvin Dunn: Overtown's Farmer More >>

• Justin Sanchez: Creating Cyborgs

  published November 24, 2011

  Justin Sanchez: Creating Cyborgs More >>

• Mobster Joey Calco Gets Six Months In Prison After Attacking Pizza Shop Customer

  published Nov 22, 2011

  A tip for all the Tony Sopranos out there: If you decide to flip, testify to the feds, and then enjoy every mobster's retirement dream -- running a pizza shop named "Goomba's" in Florida, naturally --... More >>

• Andre Berto: Right Hooks for Haiti

  published November 24, 2011

  Andre Berto: Right Hooks for Haiti More >>

• Florida Principal Reports Two Students Kissing As "Possible Sex Crime"

  published Nov 21, 2011

  This really is the only logical endpoint in a state so obsessed with sex crimes that we banished sex offenders to live under a bridge and unleashed prosecutors onto sexting teens: A teacher sees ... More >>

• Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Booed Lustily by Homestead NASCAR Crowd (Video)

  published Nov 21, 2011

  OK, so maybe Michelle Obama didn't actually break any barriers yesterday in Homestead as the first black woman ever to watch a NASCAR race. She may well have set a different, all-too-predictable ... More >>

• Lev Grossman's The Magician King Brings Sex, Drugs and Slang to Hogwarts

  published Nov 18, 2011

  As much as he loved visiting Hogwarts, something always bugged author Lev Grossman when he worked his way through J.K. Rowling's epic."I found it really odd that Potter never seemed to have read C.S. ... More >>

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  Chuck Palahniuk Reimagines Dante's Inferno Via Judy Blume In Damned

  published Nov 18, 2011

  What would happen if Judy Blume rewrote Dante's Inferno to star a sexually repressed teenager who thinks she's in hell for overdosing on potr There's only one author alive qualified to tackle that que... More >>

• John Stirling, Captain Caught With 800 Lbs Of Coke, Took Photos Atop Giant Piles of Cash

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Sure, John Philip Stirling may be Canadian, but he's also the most Miami-flavored drug smuggler to land in local federal court since the heyday of the Cocaine Cowboys. When he was caught at sea last w... More >>