Criminal Assault

Six Best Moves to Win a Miami Bar Fight!

Bar fights: The result of way too much liquid courage combined with high levels of testosterone. Or, in some cases, cattiness. They usually happen near the end of the night when someone either gives you the "stank eye" or hits on your man (or woman) right in front of you. Regardless of the reason, ... More >>

Armed Spring Break Babe, Angry at Cheating Boyfriend, Has Two-Hour Standoff with Police in Daytona Beach

Apparently life really does imitate art. Just weeks before the release of Harmony Korine's beach-babes-with-handguns movie Spring Breakers hits theaters, a woman in Daytona Beach for spring break had a two-hour armed standoff with police inside her hotel room.The problems started on Wednesday when H ... More >>

Florida Woman Pulls Gun at Walmart Because Clerk Wouldn't Honor Her $1 Coupon

There's the kind of extreme couponing you see on that TLC show, and then there's the kind of extreme couponing that happens in Florida Walmarts. The main difference apparently being that the latter involves handguns.Mary Frances Alday, a 61-year-old, was arrested after she pulled out a handgun at a ... More >>

In Last Ditch Effort to Save Marriage, Florida Man Forces His Wife on Date to Golden Carrol at Gunpoint

In a bizarre and frightening attempt to save his failing marriage, 49-year-old Robert Ball of Pasco County prove he may be one of the worst husband of all time. Ball invited his estranged wife over to his house, and then forced her at knifepoint on a serious of strange dates that involved shoe ... More >>

Chad Johnson's Dismissal Shows the Miami Dolphins Are Hypocrites

Batman Screening Scare: Man Arrested for Causing Panic in Miami Beach Movie Theater

David Escamillo was arrested last night for causing a panic during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Regal multiplex on South Beach. The 44-year-old screamed, "This is it!" from the back of the theater, and later yelled, "I didn't shoot anybody" once outside the theater. The scare follows ... More >>

7-Year-Old Forced to Smoke Pot at Gunpoint

"Honestly officer, I didn't mean to get high. Someone pointed a gun to my head and made me do it.""Yeah, likely story, kid.""No, seriously. I'm a seven-year-old and some crazy f'n mad man pointed a gun to my head and forced me to smoke pot."

Florida Man Beats Toddler Boy for Mispronouncing Sister's Name

David Lee Sinnett, a 32-year-old Bartow, Florida man, sits behind bars for beating a two-year-old boy with a wire clothes hanger for mispronouncing his sister's name. Even worse, the boy suffers from a speech impediment. Police, however, did not immediately release the relationship between Sinnett a ... More >>

Mugshots Friday: Daddy's Girl

​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to th ... More >>

Florida Boy Arrested for Pulling a Machete on Kids for Bullying Mexicans

A 13-year-old Fort Myers boy was arrested last Friday for allegedly brandishing a machete while chasing a group of elementary school children at a bus stop. The stunt was apparently in retaliation for the younger boys' bullying the knife wielder's 10-year-old friend and for "messing with Mexicans."

Mugshots Friday: Blowed-Up Dude and the Ridiculously Photogenic Mugshot

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that ... More >>

Man Forced to Strip, Carjacked in Florida Strip Club Parking Lot

​A Jacksonville man headed to the Bottom Upz strip club this weekend with hopes of seeing the ladies deprived of their clothes. Apparently something went horribly wrong and he was the one who ended up without his clothes, and without his truck.

Florida Man Claims He's Half Orangutan and Director of the CIA After Being Arrested

​Mark Loescher tried to tell police he couldn't go to jail. See, Loescher is actually half orangutan and needed to get to the "Fusion Center" as soon as possible to check on his monkey blood. All of this is actually a matter of national importance too, since Loescher also claims to be the director ... More >>

Mugshots Friday: Polar Man, Infinite Wisdom, and a Good, Reliable Goon

​​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to ... More >>

81-Year-Old Hialeah Woman Fights Back Against Armed Robber

​One simply does not mess with an 81-year-old Hialeah woman on her way to a taping of Sabado Gigante. If you keep her away from Don Francisco, you will pay a price. One armed robber found out the hard way after trying to rob a trio of abuelas, only to have one of the feisty women fight back.

Drunk Florida Man Points Gun at Teen Son, Tells Police "Fighting is What Redneck People Do"

​Maybe police officers need to take sensitivity training to better understand the time honored traditions of the noble redneck people. That's what Mark Thomas Wach seems to think.After the Palm City man was arrested for shooting a lawnmower and pointing a gun at his son, he told police, "Fighting ... More >>

Extremities at Main Street Playhouse through August 14

Brothers Arrested For Beating Up Pilot On MIA Flight

Jonathan and Luis Baez​Brothers Jonathan and Luis Baez have been arrested after seriously beating up a pilot on a plane at Miami International Airport last night. The skirmish started after the flight crew ordered one brother off the flight because he appeared to be drunk or on drugs and ended in ... More >>

Two Wounded, One Killed In Assault Rifle Ambush in Liberty City

​Miami police are looking for multiple gunmen with assault rifles who attacked a group in Liberty City early this morning, leaving one man dead and two seriously wounded.Dean Nathan Young, who was 45 years old, died shortly after he and two others were "ambushed" on the front lawn of a home on NW ... More >>

Mugshots Friday: Iceberg, Fairuza Balk, and God Is Awesome

​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that series.

Florida Mom Threatened to Kill Son For Not Getting Haircut

Florida has something of a real life Serial Mom on its hands. ​Something about being a mother makes a woman want to make sure than her male offspring have the neatest, tidiest hair possible. Usually when a son forgoes regular barbering it usually results in sighs of, "Fine, just walk around town w ... More >>

Jamal Singletary, 24-Year-Old Armed Suspect, Shot and Killed by Police in Allapattah

​Last night, a 24-year-old named Jamal Singletary pulled an assault rifle and started shooting at an officer in Allapattah. The detective pulled his own weapon and fired back, killing Singletary on the spot, police say.Singletary becomes the eighth suspect killed by police fire in an urban Miami n ... More >>

Miami-Dade Police Sergeant Reinaldo Ruiz Arrested for Domestic Violence

​Reinaldo Ruiz, a sergeant in the Miami-Dade Police Department who makes more than $100,000-a-year, has found himself on the other side of the badge after being arrested Friday night by Broward Sheriff's deputies on charges of domestic violence. Few details are available but Ruiz was booked and ch ... More >>

Keys Mom Urania Lot Charged With Beating Son With a Hammer Over a Sandwich

via Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeUrania Lot​All Urania Lot wanted was for her 18-year-old son to eat his sandwich in the dining room. When he refused to quit chomping in the living room, the 60-year-old Stock Island mom grabbed a hammer. And when threats of smashing the TV to bits didn't work eit ... More >>

Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman's First Day in Court Postponed Again Until January

via Miami-Dade Corrections​Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman, the Perrine convenience store clerks accused to beating a customer to death last month in an argument over pocket change, will have to wait another couple weeks for their first day in court. Their arraignment, which was scheduled this morning, ... More >>

Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman, Clerks Who Killed Akil Oliver With a Crowbar, Have First Day In Court Postponed

Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman will have to wait another few weeks for their first day in court.​Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman -- the Perrine clerks who sparked a national furor and a local boycott after allegedly beating a customer to death ago over an argument about a few cents change -- will have to wai ... More >>

Rolando Negrin Has Company: Modern History's Most Epic Penis-Related Brawls

​Poor Rolando Negrin. You remember him: The Miami International Airport screener who last month used his baton to beat a co-worker who had been habitually mocking the size of Negrin's penis after watching him test-run a full-body x-ray scanner.It's gotta suck to be made into a national p ... More >>

Charles Bennett Is Called "Krazy Horse" Because He's 100 Percent Normal

C.StilesCharles "Krazy Horse" Bennett Seeks a title and an end to his madness.​When it comes to second chances, Charles Daniel Bennett Jr. will take four, five, six, and however many more he can get. Nicknamed Krazy Horse, the Ocala native has been one of the most scandalous characters to step int ... More >>

Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweatheart" To Face Assault Charges After South Beach Club Brawl

Sammi "Sweatheart" has fists of fury​You can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the girl. Jersey Shore castmate Sammi "Sweatheart" Giancola will be facing criminal assault charges and a civil lawsuit after she got into a brawl at a South Beach club this weekend 24-ye ... More >>

Angry Mohawked Pennsylvanian Charged With Assaulting Miami Airport Employees

Lost luggage? Overpriced beers? Another canceled flight back to Pittsburgh? via Miami Dade Corrections Michael John Jones is accused of assaulting two employees at MIA yesterday and punching a cop in the face.​It's not clear what exactly set off Michael John Jones at Miami International Air ... More >>

Miami Dade College Basketball Star Faces Felony Assault Charges

Maybe you've never heard of Trevor Mbakwe, but he's one of the best ballers in Miami. The six-foot-eight-inch forward dominated Florida's junior college circuit this year, leading the Miami Dade College Sharks to their best season since 1983 -- a 26-3 final record and a close loss in the state final ... More >>

Steak Knives and Crack Pipes: Overtown Feud Lands Former Pimp in Jail

Maybe it's street karma. After a decade as a pimp and a hit man, Overtown street hustler Big Red could finally be brought down by a small-potatoes probation violation.This past summer, New Times profiled the entrepreneurial ex-convict who faced long odds when it came to his goal: Survive on the st ... More >>

UM Frat Has Members Arrested For Drug-Related Charges ...Again

Zeta Beta Tau's official song is "My Brother, Here is my Hand." The chapter at the University of Miami might as well amend it with "...it is full of drugs, so many, many drugs." Today, the Coral Gables Police Department Vice Squad raided the historically Jewish fraternity's house on UM's campus as p ... More >>

Fighting The Man

Palestinian protester Riadh Atmani wants to clear his name.

BellSouth Employees Suspended After Background Checks

Full Moon Murder

Violence is dropping on the Beach, but some nights, well ...

Four Wheels, No Breaks

Sean Taylor's felony charges have wrecked several lives, not to mention his pro football career

Shaq Fans for Life

The two men whose alleged tormentor was apprehended by the Heat star speak up

Delusions of Dogma

A town is gripped by bitter accusations, bogus arrests, rumors of violence, canine carnage, and general mayhem

Until Proven Guilty

24 HOURS. 1 FULL MOON. 265 Arrests.

Campus Crime Spree

FIU's police force goes solo on the arrests of three football players

Goon Over Miami

Chris Paciello, the dangerous darling of the SoBe nightlife set, has a reputation for fisticuffs. And mob ties.

Dumb and Dumber Luck

After squandering much of his lottery jackpot, Bernardo Paz is acquitted of raping his pregnant teenage sister-in-law

The Battle of East Eighth Street

Carlos Barroso's feud with Anthony Auto involves a video camera, many police reports, and assault charges

Every Lawyer's Nightmare

How infuriating is Joe Blake? Let's put it this way: His attorney is accused of trying to have him murdered.

News of the Weird

What's a Little Gunplay Among Friends? Part 2

Insurance mogul Jose "Pepe" Alvarez might finally be booked for an alleged gun-waving incident last summer

Father Knows Arrest

Scott Curry vowed the tykes who scuffled with his son would get what was coming to them. But he was the one who got busted.

Little Criminals

What do you do with a little tyke who throws a rock at another kid? In Dade County, you prosecute him.