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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2012 Stories by Tim Elfrink

• Florida Teen Forced To Kneel For Nine Hours Straight, Eat Only Meat Shakes, Police Say

  published Mar 09, 2012

  Yesterday afternoon, a 13-year-old boy hobbled down a Lakeland road to a neighbor's house and complained of a barbaric running punishment: for more than a week, he'd been forced to sleep in a bathtub,... More >>

• Obama Administration Says No to Florida Ferry Service to Cuba

  published Mar 08, 2012

  You're going to have to wait for that romantic cruise to Havana. Under President Obama, travel restrictions to Cuba have eased from the Bush years, with new air charters opening routes from Miami and ... More >>

• Florida Legislators Close to Forbidding Pregnant Inmates From Being Handcuffed During Birth

  published Mar 08, 2012

  Fresh off their devastatingly progressive move to legalize rabbit-dyeing, the Florida House passed another landmark law for human rights by banning, at last, state prisons from handcuffing pregnant wo... More >>

• Rick Scott May Soon Sign Law Making It Legal To Dye Rabbits

  published Mar 07, 2012

  Think about all those times you were set to dye your pet rabbits pink and blue because it would be hilarious and great, only to look up the Florida state statutes and realize, "No! Dyeing bunnies is i... More >>

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  Allen Stanford Jury Deadlocked On Charges Against Alleged Miami Ponzi King UPDATE

  published Mar 06, 2012

  In South Florida, aka Ponzistan, it takes some serious effort to stand out among the Nevin Shapiros and Scott Rothsteins as the most deranged fraudster in town. Allen Stanford worked hard to earn that... More >>

• Dalina Nicholas Arrested For Selling Sex With Six-Year-Old Daughter For Drugs

  published Mar 06, 2012

  The Sunshine State has a new candidate for its most despicable criminal of the year. Police in Jacksonville have arrested a 35-year-old mother named Dalina Nicholas on charges that she repeatedly sold... More >>

• North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre's House Is In Foreclosure

  published Mar 02, 2012

  North Miami's embattled mayor, Andre Pierre, has already survived enough scandals to knock five or six normal politicos off their perch -- from the wacky (driving a luxury car gifted from a mysterious... More >>

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  Florida Cop Dresses as Electric Company Worker to Snoop For Pot Without Warrant

  published Mar 01, 2012

  Florida cops, it seems, will do just about anything to find that marijuana plant growing in your closet. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether Miami police violated the Constitution by routi... More >>

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  Pit Bull Ban Lives On in Miami-Dade As Repeal Falls Short in Tallahassee

  published Feb 29, 2012

  A full month before the season kicks off, Mark Buehrle is close to taking his first loss in Miami. The new Marlins ace is celebrity spokesman number one for pit bulls and the activists trying to overt... More >>

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  Online poker players want justice after feds crush $2.5 billion industry

  published March 1, 2012

  On family trips back to her grandparents' town in Chile, Paula Barros spent long nights battling it out with her relatives for penny... More >>

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  Hugo Chavez Will Die In "Less Than One Year" From Cancer, WikiLeaks Emails Say

  published Feb 28, 2012

  Yesterday, WikiLeaks dumped a trove of emails from a Texas-based intelligence firm called Stratfor that includes an insider talking about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's cancer. If the firm's Venez... More >>

• MegaCutz Gunfight in Allapattah Leaves Motorcycle-Riding Shooter Dead UPDATE

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Miami is often compared with the Wild West, thanks to our frontier spirit, our home at the very edge of the country and, of course, the fact that the our town is full of crazy people with guns. The 30... More >>

• Florida Business Sues Marlins, Says It Bought Team For $10 Million at Charity Banquet

  published Feb 24, 2012

  Somewhere in Florida there is a business named Omeranz & Landsma whose owner, whoever he or she may be, has just the worst sense of humor in all the Sunshine State. Even worse than Connie Mack's c... More >>

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  Florida Rep. Richard Steinberg Sexted "Sexxxy Mama" Notes to Married Prosecutor

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Richard Steinberg apparently learned very little from Anthony Weiner's downfall. Steinberg, a Democratic member of the Florida House from Miami Beach, has admitted this morning to sending a number of ... More >>

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  Rick Scott Still Wants To Drug Test State Workers As Miami Court Hears Challenge

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Never before has America seen a governor so obsessed with forcing other people to pee in cups as our own Rick Scott. Two of the first orders he issued after taking office required welfare recipients a... More >>

• Alina Fernandez, Fidel's Daughter, Isn't So Sure Castro Has Found Jesus

  published Feb 21, 2012

  The headlines ripped through Little Havana earlier this month: "Fidel Castro has found Jesus." The source of this shocking news: Fidel's Miami-based daughter, Alina Fernandez, who gave an interview t... More >>

• Alina Fernandez, Fidel's daughter, isn't sure whether Castro has found Jesus

  published February 23, 2012

  Alina Fernandez, Fidel's daughter, isn't sure whether Castro has found Jesus More >>

• Nevin Shapiro assistant Sean Allen clears Canes football

  published February 23, 2012

  Nevin Shapiro assistant Sean Allen clears Canes football More >>

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  Carlos Bertonatti Still Hasn't Faced a Trial Two Years After Last Rickenbacker Bike Tragedy

  published Feb 17, 2012

  When police arrested 25-year-old Michele Traverso yesterday on charges that he fatally struck a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway before speeding away, Miami cyclists felt a tragic sense of deja vu... More >>

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  Mothers Against Drunk Driving Sues Miami Lingerie Company For Stealing Its Name

  published Feb 16, 2012

  What do a nonprofit hellbent on ending drunk driving and a Miami Gardens shop selling crotchless panties and see-through negligees have in commonr Far too much, at least according to Mothers Against D... More >>

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  Pit Bull Ban Could Go to a County Vote, Undercutting Tally Move To Kill It

  published Feb 15, 2012

  A Tallahassee proposal to force Miami-Dade to end its 23-year ban on pit bulls took a major hit last night when a group of county commissioners supported giving Dade voters a say in whether to keep th... More >>

• Pantsless Felon Jason Wayo Caught After Crime Spree, Shooting and Hiding In Woman's Closet

  published Feb 14, 2012

  What did you do this weekendr Unless you masterminded an international art theft caper or got into a fistfight with Mike Tyson over his love of Phil Collins, Jason Wayo can probably beat your story.Th... More >>

• Jeremy Alters, big-time Democratic fundraiser, fights off legal challenges as he wins big in court

  published February 16, 2012

  Jeremy Alters, big-time Democratic fundraiser, fights off legal challenges as he wins big in court More >>

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  Jeremy Alters, Top Dem Fundraiser, Wins Big Class-Action Cases But Fights Lawsuits

  published Feb 14, 2012

  Call it an American life lesson: The bigger you win, the more people want in on the action. At least that's how Jeremy Alters says he's been feeling lately. In the past two years, Alters has become Mi... More >>

• Cell-phone tracking: Miami cops know where you are

  published February 16, 2012

  Cell-phone tracking: Miami cops know where you are More >>