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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Fidel Castro Has Found Jesus, Will Ask Pope For Forgiveness, Daughter Says UPDATE

  published Feb 10, 2012

  Decades after his education by Havana Jesuits, is Fidel Castro starting to feel kinda bad about the whole renouncing religion and being a hated dictator stuffr According to his Miami-based daughter Al... More >>

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  Miami Beach Cop Shoots and Kills Suspect in Liberty City UPDATE

  published Feb 09, 2012

  A suspected car thief fleeing a traffic stop was shot and killed last night in Liberty City by a Miami Beach cop working on a county anti-robbery team.Details are still sparse -- with a Miami-Dade pol... More >>

• Jason Smiddie Stabbed Grandma 100 Times and Shot Her With a Crossbow, Cops Say

  published Feb 09, 2012

  Police across Florida are looking for a 19-year-old accused of killing his own grandma as brutally as possible: By stabbing her more than 100 times, beating her in the face with a wrench and even shoo... More >>

• Mitt Romney Staffers Tossed Supporter From Hialeah Rally For "Anti-Mormon" Coffee Sign

  published Feb 07, 2012

  When Alan Reynolds learned Mitt Romney would be holding a rally in Hialeah last week, the local conservative was ecstatic: Not only could he see his favorite GOP contender in person, he could unleash ... More >>

• Eli Escalera Arrested For Robbing a Keys Bank With Shorts on His Head

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Imagine you're the teller working the front window at a quiet bank in the Keys, when 43-year-old Eli Escalera walks up and hands you a note: "Give me what are 20s and 50s.""Is this a robberyr" you won... More >>

• Midtown Walmart Plans: Developers Want Road Changes To Protect Pedestrians

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Since Riptide broke the news in October that an Ohio-based developer wants to build a massive new Walmart in booming Midtown Miami, the firm has kept quiet about the plans. That doesn't mean they've b... More >>

• Angelo Dundee, Miami Boxing's Legendary Trainer, Dead at 90

  published Feb 02, 2012

  It's easy to forget now, but Miami Beach was once the nexus of the world boxing scene thanks mostly to Angelo Dundee, the Hall of Fame trainer who opened the legendary 5th Street Gym with his brother ... More >>

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  Kids Pose With Assault Rifles To Support Hugo Chavez

  published Feb 02, 2012

  Newt Gingrich isn't the only portly revolutionary stirring up trouble while running for president. Hugo Chavez, the Fidel-worshiping steward of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, has his own tough re-... More >>

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  Miami Among America's "Most Overpriced Cities"

  published Feb 02, 2012

  In news that will shock no one who eats out on South Beach, parks in Brickell or tries to buy some influence with the Miami-Dade County Commission (those lobbying fees ain't cheap!), Miami has been ho... More >>

• Ron Paul Supporters' Ten Best Comments On Our Anti-Paul Column

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Earlier today, Riptide's resident Tea Party trouble-maker Gus Garcia-Roberts took a strong stand against Libertarian hero Ron Paul -- as well as his allegedly "sandpapery man hands" -- while dema... More >>

• Turns Out Voters Don't Think County Commissioners Deserve an $86,000 Raise

  published Feb 01, 2012

  After a fantastic performance over the past few years -- from backing a grotesquely bad Marlins stadium deal to voting for a billion-dollar tunnel to nowhere to faithfully rewarding their corporate ba... More >>

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  Occupy Miami Ordered To Leave Government Center By Sundown UPDATE

  published Jan 31, 2012

  Two days after Oakland police arrested hundreds of protesters in violent clashes, Occupy Miami activists are facing their own impending deadline: Miami-Dade County has ordered them to leave their camp... More >>

• Rick Santorum "Visibly Exhausted," Losing Badly, Leaving Florida Saturday

  published Jan 27, 2012

  At last, an explanation for why Rick Santorum has been acting so unhinged in the Sunshine State, from inviting an ex-Yahweh ben Yahweh member to open his campaign rally last weekend to making truly bi... More >>

• Florida Man Arrested for Shocking Young Girls With Electric Dog Collars

  published Jan 26, 2012

  The small Panhandle town of Crestview is evidently home to the most despicable bunch of parents and guardians in all of Florida. Yesterday, a woman from the burg of 20,000 was booked for trying to run... More >>

• Where To Glitter-bomb (Or Applaud) Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney In Miami Today

  published Jan 25, 2012

  The two leading lights of the Republican primary are stumping for votes all over the Magic City today, leading to the obvious question: When is someone from the Florida gay rights movement going to gl... More >>

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  Florida vs. Texas: Which State Has More F#*cked Up Crimer Our Expert Decides

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Whenever the world reads a bizarre headline, the first question is always: "Did it happen in Florida or Texasr" Scientists, after all, have proven that 98.7 percent of truly messed up crimes originate... More >>

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  Weirdest crime capital: Florida vs. Texas

  published January 26, 2012

  Weirdest Crime Capital: Florida vs. Texas And the winner is... More >>

• Mitt Romney's Tax Forms' Craziest Revelations: Swiss Accounts, Mormon Payouts, Low Taxes

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Mitt Romney released his tax filings late last night as he desperately tries to run down Newt Gingrich's ballooning lead in Florida, telling a Tampa audience: "I'm proud of the fact that I pay a lot o... More >>

• Miami-Dade's pit bull ban might finally be killed for good

  published January 26, 2012

  Miami-Dade's pit bull ban might finally be killed for good More >>

• Rick Santorum Invites Ex-Yahweh Member Michael The Black Man To Open Rally (Video)

  published Jan 23, 2012

  After stinging losses in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Rick Santorum came to Florida this weekend hoping to reboot his push toward the White House. But the ex-senator may want to vette his opening... More >>

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  Miami-Dade's Pit Bull Ban May Finally End With Bills in Florida Senate and House

  published Jan 23, 2012

  rWhen the Miami Marlins splashed $58 million last month to land ace Mark Buehrle, diehard Fish fans weren't the only ones celebrating. Pit bull advocates in the Florida's only county that bans t... More >>

• LeBron James Steamrolled Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria Last Night (Video)

  published Jan 20, 2012

  The best part of last night's game wasn't that LeBron James dropped 31 points, or that the Heat crushed Kobe's Lakers without Dwyane Wade. Honestly, the best part wasn't even when LeBron James absolut... More >>

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  Miami Hit Harder By Recession Than Almost Any Other City On Earth

  published Jan 19, 2012

  Next time someone tells you, "Eh, this recession hasn't sucked that much in Miami," whip out this interactive economic graphic report that the Brookings Institute just published. The think tank's conc... More >>

• FDLE Wanted to Arrest Doral Chief Ricardo Gomez, But Prosecutors Exonerated Him UPDATE

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Starting this past April, Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators began looking into a half dozen allegations lodged against Doral Police Chief Ricardo Gomez, from charges of bid fixing to... More >>

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  Wikipedia Is Down Today: Don't Panic, We Have Your Alternatives

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Pity the University of Miami freshman who picked this morning to crap out a research paper, and the Miami Herald journalist trying to write about whichever moderately famous person dies today. Wikiped... More >>