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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Miami PD's Seven Fatal Shootings Last Year Now Being Probed by U.S. Justice Department UPDATED

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Miguel Exposito may be gone, but the blowback from his turbulent reign atop the Miami Police Department hasn't ended yet. Eight months after the last of seven fatal shootings of young black men b... More >>

• Brandon Albanito Made A Million Selling Fake IDs To College Kids, Until the Feds Caught Up

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Who knew churning out McLovin licenses for desperate college kids was a goldminer For Brandon Albanito, a 25-year-old in Cape Coral, the fake ID biz was a million-dollar enterprise, with a 2010 Lexus,... More >>

• A North Miami Beach blogger's campaign against suspect T-shirts gets nasty

  published November 17, 2011

  North Miami Beach blogger Stephanie Kienzle's campaign against suspect T-shirts gets nasty More >>

• Miami-Dade police drones are ready for action

  published November 17, 2011

  Miami-Dade police drones are ready for action More >>

• MDPD is First Force to Get FAA Clearance to Fly Drones at Crime Scenes

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Next time you barricade yourself inside a parking garage with an AK-47, keep an eye out for the flying garbage can. It weighs about 18 pounds, can hover in midair, and is loaded with video cameras to ... More >>

• Herman Cain Heading To Versailles This Week To Pretend He Cares About Cuban Issues

  published Nov 14, 2011

  A candidate making a pit stop for cafecitos at Versailles isn't exactly hot news, even for a guy improbably still leading the GOP after a month fending off more sexual harassment accusations than Gene... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  North Miami Beach High Senior T-Shirts Squashed By School Board After Uproar

  published Nov 14, 2011

  When Stephanie Kienzle, a North Miami Beach activist and blogger, saw the official senior class shirts that the proud grads of 2012 would be rocking around NMB High's hallowed hallways, she did a doub... More >>

• Jeffrey Lluis, Tampa Comedian, Joked On Stage About Arrests Then Robbed Bank Twice

  published Nov 11, 2011

  On stage in Tampa, local comedian Jeffrey Lluis told the audience that his relationship with Johnny Law wasn't fantastic: "As you just heard, I'm on probation," he says in a routine uploaded to YouTub... More >>

• Two Powerboat Racers Killed In Key West Championship Race (Video)

  published Nov 10, 2011

  As hundreds of spectators on Mallory Pier watched in horror in Key West yesterday, a powerboat skipping across the water during the Super Boat World Championships hit a wake, caught too much air, and ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joe Sanchez's Car is Covered in Five Gallons of Feces in Gruesome Crime Photos

  published Nov 09, 2011

  When former mayoral candidate and commissioner Joe Sanchez announced this morning that his Florida Highway Patrol cruiser had been vandalized with human feces -- possibly the latest salvo in a war rag... More >>

• Ex-Mayoral Candidate Joe Sanchez's FHP Car Covered In Poop, War With Miami PD Suspected

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Dade County is quickly devolving into a real life Spurbury, Vermont, the town in cult classic Super Troopers where war erupts between cool, hipster Highway Patrol officers and douchebag townie cops. E... More >>

• John Stirling, Canadian Busted With 800 Lbs of Coke, Tells FBI "There's Nothing Wrong With Cocaine Trafficking"

  published Nov 08, 2011

  A tip for all you would-be cocaine kingpins: When the FBI catches you off the coast of Colombia with more than 800 pounds of yeyo stashed in your boat, do not argue that "there is nothing wrong with c... More >>

• Hialeah Hospital Doc Sued for Allegedly Holding Adopted Baby Hostage

  published Nov 08, 2011

  It sounds like a tale adoptive parents tell around a campfire to scare each other sleepless: A doctor, distraught over his failed marriage and custody fight, holds a baby hostage until the would-be ne... More >>

• Hialeah doctor allegedly held a baby hostage

  published November 10, 2011

  Dr. Felipe Caballero Hialeah Hospital adoption lawsuit More >>

• Donald Mason Killed By Giant Swarm of Bees in Little Havana

  published Nov 07, 2011

  On Sunday, Donald Mason climbed a chair in an upstairs bedroom of his historic Little Havana house to deal with a swarm of bees so massive that it "sounded like the walls were alive," according to pol... More >>

• Here's a List of 3,125 County Employees Who Made Six Figures This Year

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Let's take a moment to remember back to the distant past. Cue the theremins. The time: Last November. The place: Miami-Dade. The conflict: County residents enraged over the economic free fall are clos... More >>

• Four Shot, Including 11-Year-Old, In Drive-By Shooting At Youth Football Game

  published Nov 03, 2011

  At 7:30 last night, Bunche Park was humming with activity -- pickup basketball games scuffling on the asphalt, young football players running drills, and moms and dads enjoying the cool November weath... More >>

• Carl Paul Arrested By Florida Cops Who Still Believe Filming Police Is Illegal

  published Nov 02, 2011

  According to some cops right here in South Florida, the simple act of pointing a camera at a police officer on the job is a crime. Here's the absurd theory: In Florida, it's illegal to record someone ... More >>

• Liberty City Seven Denied A New Trial Despite Juror Shenanigans

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Next time someone argues that justice is the end result after a trip through American courts, here's the only rebuttal you need: "Liberty City Seven." The informants were money-extorting, wife-beating... More >>

• Occupy Miami Protesters Target Bank of America, Plan Mass Account Cancellations UPDATED

  published Nov 01, 2011

  The Occupy movement started with mass outrage against Wall Street, and while Miami may not be home to the slimy realm of Gordon Gekko, protesters outside the Stephen P. Clark Government Center are tur... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Your Riptide Guide to Today's Elections (With Help From Mickey Rourke)

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Hey, it's your favorite morning of the year! The one where you stumble out of bed to realize you spent the night next to a stranger dressed like Muammar Gaddafi (too soonr), scrape the caked zombie ma... More >>

• Miami Cop Fausto Lopez's 120 MPH Turnpike Drive Caught On Video

  published Oct 31, 2011

  How often does one grainy police video end up capturing the best and worst of local copsr One on side, there's Fausto Lopez -- a 35-year-old Miami police officer whose name immediately joins the bad c... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Ayesha Niles, British Teen, Busted at MIA With 30 Pounds of Coke in Cake-Mix Boxes UPDATED

  published Oct 27, 2011

  Last Friday, Miami International Airport officers inspecting the bags of a 17-year-old British girl headed back to London took a look at a couple dozen boxes of cake mix stuffed amid her clothes. They... More >>

• Walmart's Midtown Miami Plan Sparks Anger, Confusion -- and Surprise Support

  published Oct 26, 2011

  There's nothing quite like the impending invasion of Arkansas's finest low-rent retailer to inspire fiery emotions in an up-and-coming neighborhood. (How many other chains have sparked angry documenta... More >>

• PETA Sues SeaWorld Over Alleged "Whale Slavery"

  published Oct 26, 2011

  PETA, everyone's favorite group of totally rational animal activists, has launched a new legal attack against SeaWorld this morning, accusing parks in Orlando and California of mistreating five killer... More >>