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May 25, 2012
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 >>
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May 23, 2012
Florida Dad Puts Pot in 6-Year-Old's Backpack
A kindergarten classroom in St. Petersburg had an interesting yet unplanned show and tell recently after a six-year-old student pulled three ounces of marijuana and a scale from their backpack and proclaimed to the classes' teacher, "Look what I got."How'd it get there? Apparently the student's fath ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Mugshots Friday: The Lost Tenenbaum and Madam Ginger
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 >>
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May 7, 2012
Inmate Who Proved His Innocence From Prison Gets Rare Deal From Prosecutors
A federal inmate who has served 11 years on drug charges he says he didn't commit has convinced prosecutors to let him out of prison. Elroy Phillips refused to accept his fate after being sentenced to 30 years on charges of selling drugs to an undercover cop. He conducted records searches, hired a p ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Mugshots Friday: The Women of Cocoa Beach
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 >>
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February 17, 2012
Hit-and-Run Driver Michele Traverso's Drug Test Comes Back Clean
Michele TraversoMichele Traverso, the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker Causeway, made his first appearance in court this morning and voluntarily submitted to a drug test. Despite previous arrests for possession of marijuana and cocaine, Traverso's drug ... More >>
News
February 16, 2012
Reader mail: Gay-bashing Buju Banton needs to make peace with the Lord
Michele TraversoMichele Traverso, the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker Causeway, made his first appearance in court this morning and voluntarily submitted to a drug test. Despite previous arrests for possession of marijuana and cocaine, Traverso's drug ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Jeff Rubin, troubled advisor to Terrell Owens, faces drug charges and lawsuits
Michele TraversoMichele Traverso, the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker Causeway, made his first appearance in court this morning and voluntarily submitted to a drug test. Despite previous arrests for possession of marijuana and cocaine, Traverso's drug ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
One-Legged Drug Dealer Attempts to Hop Away from Police in Jacksonville
As the suspect was not Rose McGowan in Planet Terror, he didn't pose much of a threat. What do you call a drug dealer with one leg trying to escape from police? Caught.No, this isn't open mic night at the Chuckle Hut, this is quite naturally real Florida news.
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Boxer Ivan Calderon's House Had $4 Million of Cocaine Inside, Five Suspects to Be Tried in Miami
ToppsPossible boxing Hall of Famer Ivan Calderon is wrapped up in a massive coke bustFive suspected narcotraffickers from the Dominican Republic are en route to the Miami Federal Detention Center for allegedly smuggling cocaine across the Caribbean.In a strange twist, their arrest seems connected to ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Opa-Locka Police Captain Arrested for Protecting Murderous Drug Ring
Arthur Balom, an Opa-locka police captain, has been arrested on allegations he helped protect a South Florida drug ring and had knowledge of the murder of a Brinks armed truck guard that happened last year. The arrest was part of an FBI investigation. Three other men, members of the drug ring, were ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
The Bleached-Blonde Carjackers, Gangsta John Waters, and God
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 >>
Blogs
October 28, 2011
Florida Man Kept Nephew Chained to Bed in Mobile Home Full of Marijuana
Baker County authorities thought they were making a routine grow house bust on Wednesday. What they found inside the mobile home was far more disturbing. Troy Howell, 29, had chained his 18-year-old nephew to a bed to try and stop him from alerting others to the pot growing operation.
Blogs
October 14, 2011
Girls, Girls, Girls, and a Man With a Very Smooth Head
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. .
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October 13, 2011
Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother
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. .
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October 6, 2011
Miami’s Favorite Killer
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. .
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August 4, 2011
Elroy Phillips sits in prison despite proof of his innocence
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. .
News
July 21, 2011
Will Da Real One's murder left many questions
But a tight-knit group is ready to keep preaching the word.
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Mugshots Friday: Big Ami$h, A Forehead Equation, and Our Friend Tom
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 >>
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June 23, 2011
Rick Scott's Brother Is a Welfare Recipient With a History of Drug Charges
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that requires all people seeking welfare take mandatory drug tests. Interestingly, it turns out Scott has a younger brother who receives welfare and seems to have a history of drug charges.
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June 14, 2011
State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff's Daughter Arrested on Drug Charges in Miami-Dade
Sen. BogdanoffDanna Bogdanoff, the 19-year-old daughter of Republican state Sen. Ellyn Bogdandoff, was arrested in Miami on Friday and charged with four felonies. Though the police report has not been released yet, it appears that the younger Bogdanoff was arrested for an incident involving a bur ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Offshore Thrills
Sen. BogdanoffDanna Bogdanoff, the 19-year-old daughter of Republican state Sen. Ellyn Bogdandoff, was arrested in Miami on Friday and charged with four felonies. Though the police report has not been released yet, it appears that the younger Bogdanoff was arrested for an incident involving a bur ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Stop Jailing Pot Smokers And Let's Go After The Real Criminals
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate to replace more-boring-than-bread-pudding ex-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez -- makes a campaign pr ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Durall Jessie Miller, Suspect Who Shot At Cops, Killed By MDPD in Miami Gardens
via Miami-Dade Police Department<Durall Jessie MillerLast Friday, a Miami-Dade police officer was lucky to be alive after Durall Jessie Miller fired at him, leaving him with a wounded foot and a bullet-hole in his hat. Late last night, when police tracked the fugitive down to a Miami Gardens h ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Mugshots Friday: A Ladypimp, Her Sidekick, and a Goon
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.
Blogs
March 24, 2011
This Week in Coke, Castro, and LeBron: DC Kids Heart Coke, James Scores 43
TWCCL is a weekly installment bringing you all the news you need on the three issues that matter most to Miamians. COCAINE: Big Bust of the Week: Three tons of cocaine, seized by a French warship off of Costa Rica. Four Washington, DC elementary students were hospitalized after ingesting ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Mugshots Friday: A Cape, Blue Goop, and Hair, Hair, Everywhere
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken in Miami-Dade County in the week previous. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain-out look more badass than we ever will . This is the italicized intro to that series.
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December 27, 2010
Don't Worry, Hurricanes Players Won't Get Killed by Mexican Drug Lords Either
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly seemed to have a lot of strange things on his mind leading up to the Sun Bowl. Things like nude beaches and Mexican drug lords. Ok, well maybe that last thing wasn't so strange. The Fighting Irish will be renewing their famous rivalry with the Miami Hurricane ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Notre Dame Coach Hopes His Players Don't Get Killed by Mexican Drug Lords
First year Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly really does seem to have a lot of odd things on his mind in the run up to the Sun Bowl, which will see his team reignite its historical rivalry with the Miami Hurricanes. First, he was just glad that El Paso, Texas, doesn't have nude beaches like the bastio ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Mark Siffin: Times Square in Miami
First year Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly really does seem to have a lot of odd things on his mind in the run up to the Sun Bowl, which will see his team reignite its historical rivalry with the Miami Hurricanes. First, he was just glad that El Paso, Texas, doesn't have nude beaches like the bastio ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
5th Street Gym reopens
First year Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly really does seem to have a lot of odd things on his mind in the run up to the Sun Bowl, which will see his team reignite its historical rivalry with the Miami Hurricanes. First, he was just glad that El Paso, Texas, doesn't have nude beaches like the bastio ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
University of Miami Baseball Player Frankie Ratcliff Busted for Selling Pot
The University of Miami football players have cleaned up their act in a big way, but every once in a while another of the school's sports' athletes keep the "Thug U" image alive. Last night, 19-year-old Frankie Ratcliff, a freshman on the school's storied baseball program was arrested for tr ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Woman Traveling Home From Miami Drug Trip Caught With Drug Straws in Vagina
While state laws are trying to put a stop to South Florida's notorious pill mills, the area is still a popular destination for those looking to load up on illicit substances. Kelly Mowery and four others recently made a bit of an OxyContin shopping trip in Miami. While returning to Tennessee by v ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
Flasher Arrested After Asking Kids, "Have You Ever Seen the Biggest Penis in the World?"
In today's news roundup: a man who thinks he has the biggest penis in the world gets busted for showing it to kids, an arrest is made in the Heathrow Lounge shooting, an accident at the Red Bull Flugtag left a woman with a broken back, and a rare virus has infected 5 percent of the population of ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
Cocaine, Murder, and Fútbol: Watch The Two Escobars on ESPN Tonight
Andres Escobar, murdered for a World Cup mistake.The U was a raucous look at the fabled '80s-era Miami Hurricanes football team, and Run Ricky Run made us wholly reconsider the Dolphins' enigmatic superstar running back. Silly Little Game was a hilarious chronicling of the group of baseball-adori ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
The Escobars, Colombia, and Narco-Soccer
Andres Escobar, murdered for a World Cup mistake.The U was a raucous look at the fabled '80s-era Miami Hurricanes football team, and Run Ricky Run made us wholly reconsider the Dolphins' enigmatic superstar running back. Silly Little Game was a hilarious chronicling of the group of baseball-adori ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Fumble-Prone Former Dolphin Sammie Smith Gets Civil Rights Back
"Sammie Sucks. Sammie Sucks," chants are long since gone from Miami Dolphin home games, as is the unfortunate and short-lived pro football career of former running back Sammie Smith. But things finally seem to be turning around for one of the most hated Dolphins of all time. After finishing up a sev ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Addicted to Speed
"Sammie Sucks. Sammie Sucks," chants are long since gone from Miami Dolphin home games, as is the unfortunate and short-lived pro football career of former running back Sammie Smith. But things finally seem to be turning around for one of the most hated Dolphins of all time. After finishing up a sev ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
Wachovia Admits It Laundered Millions in Mexican Drug Cash
Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia CommonsThe bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>
News
February 25, 2010
Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter
Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia CommonsThe bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>
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February 25, 2010
Escobar Tales
Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia CommonsThe bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Slums of Miami Beach
Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia CommonsThe bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Let’s Cook Up Some Theater
Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia CommonsThe bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>
News
July 9, 2009
Dwyane's Disaster
The Miami Heat superstar sure picked a dubious business partner.
News
April 16, 2009
Adrianna's Fall
A teenager plummets from a luxury high-rise, leaving behind a mystery.
Music
February 5, 2009
Agnostic Front
A teenager plummets from a luxury high-rise, leaving behind a mystery.
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July 19, 2007
See Beyond Stereotypes
The Colombian Film Festival shows an alternative reality
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January 19, 2006
Fresh off the Boat
The Colombian Film Festival shows an alternative reality

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